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ˈstrɪk nɪn, -nin, -naɪnstrych·nine

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. strychninenoun

    an alkaloid plant toxin extracted chiefly from nux vomica; formerly used as a stimulant

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  1. strychninenoun

    A very toxic, colourless crystalline alkaloid, derived from nux vomica, used as a pesticide

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  1. Strychnine

    Strychnine (, STRIK-neen, -⁠nin, US chiefly -⁠nyne) is a highly toxic, colorless, bitter, crystalline alkaloid used as a pesticide, particularly for killing small vertebrates such as birds and rodents. Strychnine, when inhaled, swallowed, or absorbed through the eyes or mouth, causes poisoning which results in muscular convulsions and eventually death through asphyxia. While it is no longer used medicinally, it was used historically in small doses to strengthen muscle contractions, such as a heart and bowel stimulant and performance-enhancing drug. The most common source is from the seeds of the Strychnos nux-vomica tree.

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  1. strychnine

    Strychnine is a highly toxic, colorless crystalline alkaloid used as a pesticide, particularly for killing small vertebrates such as birds and rodents. It is derived from the seeds of the Strychnos nux-vomica tree and other plants of the Strychnos family. In humans and other mammals, it can cause muscular convulsions and eventually leads to death through asphyxia or sheer exhaustion. Despite its high toxicity, strychnine has been used in small doses as a performance-enhancing substance, particularly in sports.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Strychninenoun

    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

  2. Etymology: [L. strychnos a kind of nightshade, Gr. : cf. F. strychnine.]

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  1. Strychnine

    Strychnine is a highly toxic, colorless, bitter crystalline alkaloid used as a pesticide, particularly for killing small vertebrates such as birds and rodents. Strychnine causes muscular convulsions and eventually death through asphyxia. The most common source is from the seeds of the Strychnos nux-vomica tree.

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Strychnine

    strik′nin, n. a poisonous alkaloid occurring in crystals, intensely bitter, colourless and inodorous, obtained from the seeds of nux vomica—also Strych′nia.—adj. Strych′nic.—ns. Strych′ninism, the condition produced by a poisonous dose of strychnine; Strych′nism, the morbid state of the spinal cord produced by strychnine. [Gr. strychnos, a kind of nightshade.]

U.S. National Library of Medicine

  1. Strychnine

    An alkaloid found in the seeds of STRYCHNOS NUX-VOMICA. It is a competitive antagonist at glycine receptors and thus a convulsant. It has been used as an analeptic, in the treatment of nonketotic hyperglycinemia and sleep apnea, and as a rat poison.

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  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of strychnine in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of strychnine in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

Examples of strychnine in a Sentence

  1. Ralph Waldo Emerson:

    Tobacco, coffee, alcohol, hashish, prussic acid, strychnine, are weak dilutions the surest poison is time.

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