ouabain

[ wah-bah-in ]

nounPharmacology.
  1. a glycoside occurring as a white, crystalline powder, C29H44O12, obtained from the seeds of a shrub, Strophanthus gratus, or from the wood of trees of the genus Acokanthera, and used in medicine chiefly as a cardiac stimulant.

Origin of ouabain

1
1890–95; <French ouaba(ïo) (<Somali waabayyo arrow poison) + -in2

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ouabain

/ (ˈwɑːbɑːɪn) /


noun
  1. a poisonous white crystalline glycoside extracted from certain trees and used as a heart stimulant and, by some African tribes, on poison darts. Formula: C 29 H 44 O 12 .8H 2 O

Origin of ouabain

1
C19: from French ouabaïo, from Somali waba yo native name of tree

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