podophyllin
[pod-uh-fil-in]
- 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.
Show More
Origin of podophyllin
Also called podophyllin resin.
Dictionary.com Unabridged
Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2018
Examples from the Web for podophyllin
Historical Examples
Where the disease comes on soon after child-birth, Podophyllin is the Specific.
An Epitome of Homeopathic Healing ArtB. L. Hill
Those to be preferred are aloes, colocynth,50 and podophyllin.
There is no knowing what a course of podophyllin and ginger might not do.
Good results are obtained from a combination of podophyllin with extracts of physostigma, nux vomica, and belladonna.
Sometimes the resin or extract of podophyllin is added to the compound jalap powder to increase its activity.
podophyllin
podophylin resin
- 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
Show More
Word Origin
C19: from New Latin Podophyllum genus of herbs including the May apple, from podo-, from Greek pous foot + phullon leaf
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
podophyllin
(pŏd′ə-fĭl′ĭn)- A bitter-tasting resin obtained from the dried root of the May apple and used in medicine as a cathartic and caustic.
Show More
The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary
Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company.