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

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

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

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 podophyllin and sanguinaria, of each ten grains; leptandrin, twenty grains; white sugar, forty grains.

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

In the treatment of one of the cases reported above it will be recollected that the mild chloride of mercury mite was given with the podophyllin, with a good result.

From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various