Pharmacologic Substance
strychnine Audio
strych·nine [ strik-nin, -neen, -nahyn ]
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Definitions related to strychnine:
  • An alkaloid found in the seeds of STRYCHNOS NUX-VOMICA. It is a competitive antagonist at glycine receptors and thus a convulsant. It has been used as an analeptic, in the treatment of nonketotic hyperglycinemia and sleep apnea, and as a rat poison.
    NLM Medical Subject Headings
    U.S. National Library of Medicine, 2021
  • Extremely poisonous alkaloid which causes excitation of the central nervous system by blocking postsynaptic inhibition of neural impulses.
    CRISP Thesaurus
    National Institutes of Health, 2006
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