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spar⋅te⋅ine

  [spahr-tee-een, -in]
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–noun
a bitter, poisonous, liquid alkaloid obtained from certain species of broom, esp. Cytisus scoparius, used in medicine to stimulate the heart and also the uterine muscles in childbirth.
Origin:
1850–55; irreg. < NL Sparti(um) name of a genus of broom (< Gk spárt(os) kind of broom + NL -ium -ium ) + -ine 1
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spar·te·ine   (spär'tē-ēn', -ĭn)   
n.  A bitter, poisonous, liquid alkaloid, C15H26N2, obtained from the broom Cytisus scoparius or the lupin Lupinus luteus, whose sulfate has been used in medicine as a heart stimulant and as a way of inducing contraction of the uterus during labor.

[New Latin Spartium, broom genus (from Latin spartum, a kind of broom, from Greek sparton) + -ine2.]
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Main Entry: spar·te·ine
Pronunciation: 'spärt-E-&n, 'spär-"tEn
Function: noun
: a liquid alkaloidC15H26N2 extracted from the Scotch broom and used in medicine in the form of its sulfate especially as an oxytocic drug
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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