Strychnia

2 definitions found

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

  Strychnia \Strych"ni*a\, n. [NL. See {Strychnine}.] (Chem.)
     Strychnine.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:



  Strychnine \Strych"nine\, n. [L. strychnos a kind of nightshade,
     Gr. ?: cf. F. strychnine.] (Chem.)
     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}.
     [1913 Webster]