Papaverine

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Papaverine \Pa*pav"er*ine\, n. (Chem.)
     An alkaloid found in opium. It has a weaker therapeutic
     action than morphine.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



  papaverine
       n : an alkaloid medicine (trade name Kavrin) obtained from
           opium; used to relax smooth muscles; it is nonaddictive
           [syn: {Kavrin}]