колхицин

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Kazakh

Alternative scripts
Arabic كولحیتسین
Cyrillic колхицин
Latin kolxitsin

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian колхици́н (kolxicín), from German Colchicin, from Latin colchicum, from Ancient Greek κολχικόν (kolkhikón).

Noun

колхицин (kolxisin)

  1. (organic chemistry) colchicine