veratrine
[ver-uh-treen, -trin]
- a white or grayish-white, slightly water-soluble, poisonous mixture of alkaloids obtained by extraction from the seeds of the sabadilla: formerly used in medicine as a counterirritant in the treatment of rheumatism and neuralgia.
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Also ve·ra·tri·a [vuh-rey-tree-uh, -ra-] /vəˈreɪ tri ə, -ˈræ-/.
Origin of veratrine
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Used as a friction in rheumatism, and the other cases in which veratrine is employed.
Cooley's Practical Receipts, Volume IIArnold Cooley
A dilute acetic solution of veratrine is turned to a superb red by strong sulphuric acid.
Cooley's Practical Receipts, Volume IIArnold Cooley
In connection with this it is interesting to note that the effect of veratrine poison on muscle is somewhat similar.
Response in the Living and Non-LivingJagadis Chunder Bose
The Continental authorities always give to cevadine the name of veratrine.
Poisons: Their Effects and DetectionAlexander Wynter Blyth
Veratrine, warmed with syrupy phosphoric acid, develops an odour of butyric acid.
Poisons: Their Effects and DetectionAlexander Wynter Blyth
veratrine
veratrin (ˈvɛrətrɪn)
- a white poisonous mixture obtained from the seeds of sabadilla, consisting of veratridine and several other alkaloids: formerly used in medicine as a counterirritant
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Word Origin for veratrine
C19: from Latin vērātrum hellebore + -ine ²
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