podophyllin

American  

[pod-uh-fil-in] / ˌpɒd əˈfɪl ɪn /

noun

1. a resin, occurring as a light brown to greenish amorphous powder, obtained from podophyllum, and used in medicine chiefly as a cathartic and, locally, in the treatment of genital warts.

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podophyllin British  

/ ˌpɒdəʊˈfɪlɪn /

noun

1. a bitter yellow resin obtained from the dried underground stems of the May apple and mandrake: used to treat warts and formerly as a cathartic

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Other Word Forms

• podophyllic
  adjective

Etymology

Origin of podophyllin

First recorded in 1850–55; podophyll(um) + -in ²

Example Sentences

Meanwhile, National Cancer Institute researchers tried podophyllin on mouse cancers, got comparable results.

From Time Magazine Archive

Podophyllum resin, or podophyllin, is the resin of the dried root of the mandrake or May apple; Carter combined this with the dried juice of aloes.

From Time Magazine Archive

Take podophyllin, sixty grains; leptandrin and sanguinaria, ipecac and pure cayenne, each thirty grains.

From The Ladies Book of Useful Information Compiled from many sources by Anonymous

Take macrotin and pulverized gum guaiac, of each one dram; podophyllin, ten grains.

From The Ladies Book of Useful Information Compiled from many sources by Anonymous

Doan’s Dinner Pills contain two drastic purgatives, podophyllin and aloin.

From Alcohol: A Dangerous and Unnecessary Medicine, How and Why What Medical Writers Say by Allen, Martha Meir