dihydroergotamine

[dahy-hahy-droh-ur-got-uh-meen, -min, -ur-guh-tam-een, -in]

di·hy·dro·er·got·a·mine

[dahy-hahy-droh-ur-got-uh-meen, -min, -ur-guh-tam-een, -in]
noun Pharmacology.
an ergot alkaloid, C33H37N5O5, used in the treatment of various types of migraine headache.

Origin:
1940–45; di-1 + hydro-2 + ergotamine
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Dihydroergotamine has a plethora of syllables.
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opposition to the withdrawal of state support or recognition from an established church, esp. the Anglican Church in 19th-century England.
the estimation of something as valueless (encountered mainly as an example of one of the longest words in the English language).
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