SERPASIL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Serpasil mean? 

• SERPASIL (noun)
  The noun SERPASIL 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: SERPASIL used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SERPASIL (noun)

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 ("Serpasil" is a kind of...):

antihypertensive; antihypertensive drug (a drug that reduces high blood pressure)

Meronyms (substance of "Serpasil"):

rauwolfia (any of several alkaloids extracted from the shrub Rauwolfia serpentina)

Domain usage:

trade name (a name given to a product or service)