apomorphine

[ ap-uh-mawr-feen, -fin ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

, Pharmacology.

an alkaloid, C 17 H 17 NO 2 , derived from morphine and used as a fast-acting emetic.

apomorphine

/ -fɪn; ˌæpəˈmɔːfiːn /

a white crystalline alkaloid, derived from morphine, that is used medicinally as an emetic, as an expectorant, and in Parkinson's disease. Formula: C 17 H 17 NO 2

First recorded in 1885–90; apo- + morphine

The central emetics are apomorphine, tartar emetic, ipecacuanha, senega and squill.

Crystallised apomorphine then separates spontaneously, and is deposited on the sides of the vessel.

The liquid is decanted, and the precipitate is exhausted with ether or chloroform, which dissolves the apomorphine only.

Use at once the stomach-tube or pump, or give emetics of sulphate of zinc, or hypodermic solution of apomorphine.

In those rare cases in which this does not take place, use the stomach-pump or tube, or give hypodermic injection of apomorphine.

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