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2 definitions found From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Physostigmine \Phy`so*stig"mine\, n. (Chem.) An alkaloid found in the Calabar bean (the seed of {Physostigma venenosum}), and extracted as a white, tasteless, substance, amorphous or crystalline; -- formerly called {eserine}, with which it was regarded as identical. [1913 Webster] From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]: physostigmine n : used in treatment of Alzheimer's disease and glaucoma
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