ergotine

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English

Etymology

From ergot +‎ -ine.

Noun

ergotine (uncountable)

  1. (organic chemistry) A powerful astringent alkaloid extracted from ergot as a brown, amorphous, bitter substance. It is used to produce contraction of the uterus.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “ergotine”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

French

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Noun

ergotine f (plural ergotines)

  1. ergotine
  2. ergotin

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Italian

Noun

ergotine f

  1. plural of ergotina

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