podophyllin

[ pod-uh-fil-in ]

/ ˌpɒd əˈfɪl ɪn /

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noun

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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Also called podophyllin resin.

Origin of podophyllin

First recorded in 1850–55; podophyll(um) + -in²

OTHER WORDS FROM podophyllin

pod·o·phyl·lic, adjective

Words nearby podophyllin

podo-, podocarpus, pododynia, Podolsk, podomere, podophyllin, podophyllum, podosphere, podotheca, -podous, pod person

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How to use podophyllin in a sentence

Where the disease comes on soon after child-birth, Podophyllin is the Specific.
An Epitome of Homeopathic Healing Art|B. L. Hill
I do not think I have more than two podophyllin pills left in the box, but to those you are welcome.
A Book of Ghosts|Sabine Baring-Gould
Take podophyllin and sanguinaria, of each ten grains; leptandrin, twenty grains; white sugar, forty grains.
The Ladies Book of Useful Information|Anonymous
Take podophyllin, sixty grains; leptandrin and sanguinaria, ipecac and pure cayenne, each thirty grains.
The Ladies Book of Useful Information|Anonymous

Take macrotin and pulverized gum guaiac, of each one dram; podophyllin, ten grains.
The Ladies Book of Useful Information|Anonymous

British Dictionary definitions for podophyllin

podophyllin

podophylin resin

/ (ˌpɒdəʊˈfɪlɪn) /

noun

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

Word Origin for podophyllin

C19: from New Latin Podophyllum genus of herbs including the May apple, from podo-, from Greek pous foot + phullon leaf

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