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ergotoxine

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er⋅go⋅tox⋅ine

  [ur-guh-tok-seen, -sin]
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–noun Pharmacology.
a white, crystalline, water-insoluble alkaloid, C35H41N5O6, obtained from ergot, used chiefly in obstetrics as a uterine stimulant.
Origin:
1905–10; ergo- 2 + toxine
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Main Entry: er·go·tox·ine
Pronunciation: "&r-g&-'täk-"sEn, -s&n
Function: noun
1 : a crystallinepharmacologically active alkaloid C35H39N5O5 from ergot that is stereoisomeric with ergotinine
2 : a mixture of isomorphouspharmacologically active alkaloids from ergot called also ergotoxine group
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