dihydroergotamine

[ dahy-hahy-droh-ur-got-uh-meen, -min, -ur-guh-tam-een, -in ]

nounPharmacology.
  1. an ergot alkaloid, C33H37N5O5, used in the treatment of various types of migraine headache.

Origin of dihydroergotamine

1
First recorded in 1940–45; di-1 + hydro-2 + ergotamine

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