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podophyllin
[ pod-uh-fil-in ]
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.
podophyllin
/ 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
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Other Words From
- podo·phyllic adjective
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Word History and Origins
Origin of podophyllin1
First recorded in 1850–55; podophyll(um) + -in 2
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Word History and Origins
Origin of podophyllin1
C19: from New Latin Podophyllum genus of herbs including the May apple, from podo-, from Greek pous foot + phullon leaf
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Example Sentences
Where the disease comes on soon after child-birth, Podophyllin is the Specific.
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I do not think I have more than two podophyllin pills left in the box, but to those you are welcome.
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Take podophyllin and sanguinaria, of each ten grains; leptandrin, twenty grains; white sugar, forty grains.
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Take podophyllin, sixty grains; leptandrin and sanguinaria, ipecac and pure cayenne, each thirty grains.
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Take macrotin and pulverized gum guaiac, of each one dram; podophyllin, ten grains.
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