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RESERPINE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does reserpine mean?
• RESERPINE (noun)
The noun RESERPINE has 1 sense:
1. antihypertensive consisting of an alkaloid extracted from the plant Rauwolfia serpentina (trade names Raudixin or Rau-Sed or Sandril or Serpasil)
Familiarity information: RESERPINE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Antihypertensive consisting of an alkaloid extracted from the plant Rauwolfia serpentina (trade names Raudixin or Rau-Sed or Sandril or Serpasil)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Synonyms:
Rau-Sed; Raudixin; reserpine; Sandril; Serpasil
Hypernyms ("reserpine" is a kind of...):
antihypertensive; antihypertensive drug (a drug that reduces high blood pressure)
Meronyms (substance of "reserpine"):
rauwolfia (any of several alkaloids extracted from the shrub Rauwolfia serpentina)
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