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papaverine
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun papaverine has 1 sense
- papaverine(n = noun.artifact) kavrin - an alkaloid medicine (trade name Kavrin) obtained from opium; used to relax smooth muscles; it is nonaddictive; Array is a kind of muscle relaxant
CIDE DICTIONARY
papaverine, n.
An alkaloid found in opium. It has a weaker therapeutic action than morphine. [1913 Webster]
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