pilocarpine

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Noun

HYPHEN

pi=lo=car=pine

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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun pilocarpine has 1 sense

pilocarpine(n = noun.artifact) Array - cholinergic alkaloid used in eyedrops to treat glaucoma; Array

is a kind of

alkaloid

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CIDE DICTIONARY

pilocarpine, n. [From NL. Pilocarpus pennatifolius jaborandi; L. pilus hair + Gr. karpo`s fruit: cf. F. pilocarpine.].

An alkaloid extracted from jaborandi (Pilocarpus pennatifolius) as a white amorphous or crystalline substance which has a peculiar effect on the vasomotor system. [1913 Webster]

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