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pa⋅pav⋅er⋅ine

  [puh-pav-uh-reen, -er-in, puh-pey-vuh-reen, -ver-in]
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–noun Pharmacology.
a white, crystalline, nonnarcotic, alkaloidal powder, C2 0H2 1NO4, obtained from opium, but not a morphine derivative and not habit-forming or addicting, used in the treatment of spasms of involuntary muscle, esp. of the stomach, bronchi, and arteries.
Origin:
1855–60; < L papāver poppy + -ine 2
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pa·pav·er·ine   (pə-pāv'ə-rēn', -ər-ĭn)   
n.  A nonaddictive opium derivative, C20H21NO4, used medicinally to relieve spasms of smooth muscle.

[Latin papāver, poppy + -ine2.]
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Main Entry: pa·pav·er·ine
Pronunciation: p&-'pav-&-"rEn, -(&-)r&n
Function: noun
: a crystalline alkaloidC20H21NO4 that constitutes about one percent of opium, that is made synthetically from vanillin, and that usually in the form of its hydrochloride is used chiefly as anantispasmodic (as in spasm of blood vessels due to a blood clot) because of its ability to relax smooth muscle
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papaverine pa·pav·er·ine (pə-pāv'ə-rēn', -ər-ĭn)
n.
A nonaddictive opium derivative used medicinally to relieve spasms of smooth muscle.

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