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PILOCARPINE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does pilocarpine mean? 

PILOCARPINE (noun)
  The noun PILOCARPINE has 1 sense:

1. cholinergic alkaloid used in eyedrops to treat glaucomaplay

  Familiarity information: PILOCARPINE used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


PILOCARPINE (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Cholinergic alkaloid used in eyedrops to treat glaucoma

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("pilocarpine" is a kind of...):

alkaloid (natural bases containing nitrogen found in plants)


 Context examples 


Pilocarpine belongs to the family of drugs called alkaloids.

(Pilocarpine, NCI Dictionary)

The affected pupil will respond more briskly to accommodation than to light (light-near dissociation) and is supersensitive to dilute pilocarpine eye drops, which induce pupillary constriction.

(Holmes-Adie Syndrome, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

Pilocarpine is used as a miotic and in the treatment of glaucoma.

(Pilocarpine Hydrochloride, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

As a cholinergic parasympathomimetic agent, pilocarpine predominantly binds to muscarinic receptors, thereby inducing exocrine gland secretion and stimulating smooth muscle in the bronchi, urinary tract, biliary tract, and intestinal tract.

(Pilocarpine, NCI Thesaurus)



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