sparteine

sparteine
/spahr"tee een', -in/, n.
a bitter, poisonous, liquid alkaloid obtained from certain species of broom, esp. Cytisus scoparius, used in medicine to stimulate the heart and also the uterine muscles in childbirth.
[1850-55; irreg. < NL Sparti(um) name of a genus of broom ( < Gk spárt(os) kind of broom + NL -ium -IUM) + -INE1]

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  • sparteine — noun Etymology: Latin spartum esparto, broom + International Scientific Vocabulary eine more at esparto Date: 1851 a liquid alkaloid C15H26N2 extracted from Scotch broom and used in medicine in the form of its sulfate …   New Collegiate Dictionary

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  • sparteine — An alkaloid obtained from scoparius, Cytisus scoparius and Lupinus luteus; s. sulfate was used as an oxytocic drug. SYN: lupinidine. * * * spar·te·ine spärt ē ən, spär .tēn n a liquid alkaloid extracted from the Scotch broom that has been used… …   Medical dictionary

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  • sparteine — spar·te·ine …   English syllables

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