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Definition of nux vomica
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Nux
vomica
() The seed of
Strychnos
Nuxvomica,
a tree which
abounds
on the
Malabar
and
Coromandel
coasts
of the East
Indies.
From this seed the
deadly
poisons
known as
strychnine
and
brucine
are
obtained.
The seeds are
sometimes
called
Quaker
buttons..
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Igasuric
::
Igasuric
(a.)
Pertaining
to, or
obtained
from, nux
vomica
or St.
Ignatius's
bean; as,
igasuric
acid..
Tetanic
::
Tetanic
(n.) A
substance
(notably
nux
vomica,
strychnine,
and
brucine)
which,
either
as a
remedy
or a
poison,
acts
primarily
on the
spinal
cord, and
which,
when taken in
comparatively
large
quantity,
produces
tetanic
spasms
or
convulsions..
Strychnos
::
Strychnine
(n.) A very
poisonous
alkaloid
resembling
brucine,
obtained
from
various
species
of
plants,
especially
from
species
of
Loganiaceae,
as from the seeds of the St.
Ignatius
bean
(Strychnos
Ignatia)
and from nux
vomica.
It is
obtained
as a white
crystalline
substance,
having
a very
bitter
acrid
taste,
and is
employed
in
medicine
(chiefly
in the form of the
sulphate)
as a
powerful
neurotic
stimulant.
Called
also
strychnia,
and
formerly
strychnina..
Nux Vomica
::
Nux
vomica
() The seed of
Strychnos
Nuxvomica,
a tree which
abounds
on the
Malabar
and
Coromandel
coasts
of the East
Indies.
From this seed the
deadly
poisons
known as
strychnine
and
brucine
are
obtained.
The seeds are
sometimes
called
Quaker
buttons..
Igasurine
::
Igasurine
(n.) An
alkaloid
found in nux
vomica,
and
extracted
as a white
crystalline
substance..
Stryphnic
::
Strychnos
(n.) A genus of
tropical
trees and
shrubs
of the order
Loganiaceae.
See Nux
vomica.
Vomic Nut
::
Vomic nut () Same as Nux
vomica.
Brucine
::
Brucine
(n.) A
powerful
vegetable
alkaloid,
found,
associated
with
strychnine,
in the seeds of
different
species
of
Strychnos,
especially
in the Nux
vomica.
It is less
powerful
than
strychnine.
Called
also
brucia
and
brucina..
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