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apomorphine

American

[ap-uh-mawr-feen, -fin] / ˌæp əˈmɔr fin, -fɪn /

Also apomorphin

noun

Pharmacology.

an alkaloid, C 17 H 17 NO 2 , derived from morphine and used as a fast-acting emetic.

apomorphine British

/ ˌæpəˈmɔːfiːn, -fɪn /

noun

a white crystalline alkaloid, derived from morphine, that is used medicinally as an emetic, as an expectorant, and in Parkinson's disease. Formula: C 17 H 17 NO 2

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of apomorphine

First recorded in 1885–90; apo- + morphine

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apomorphine

So can apomorphine, a Parkinson's drug that latches directly onto the dopamine receptors in brain cells and turns them on.

From Time Magazine Archive

Injections of apomorphine continue, but only under conditions set by the court.

From Time Magazine Archive

If there is a choice, give apomorphine hypodermically.

From Aids to Forensic Medicine and Toxicology by W. G. Aitchison (William George Aitchison ) Robertson

We 've given him apomorphine and it should begin to take effect soon.

From The Cross-Cut by Courtney Ryley Cooper

Treatment.—Wash out the stomach freely; a hypodermic injection of apomorphine as an emetic, followed by hypodermic injections of pilocarpine or morphine.

From Aids to Forensic Medicine and Toxicology by W. G. Aitchison (William George Aitchison ) Robertson

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