strychnine
(strĭk′nīn)
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(-nēn)
(-nĭn)
[Gr. strychnos, nightshade]
A poisonous alkaloid, used to kill rodents, that may produce nausea and vomiting, symmetrical muscle spasms, fever, muscle breakdown (rhabdomyolysis), and renal failure. It has no therapeutic usefulness but has been used as an experimental tool in neuropharmacology.
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Venes, Donald, editor. "Strychnine." Taber's Medical Dictionary, 24th ed., F.A. Davis Company, 2021. Nursing Central, nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/769047/0/dismiss-anonymous-sub-banner.
Strychnine. In: Venes DD, ed. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2021. https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/769047/0/dismiss-anonymous-sub-banner. Accessed May 16, 2024.
Strychnine. (2021). In Venes, D. (Ed.), Taber's Medical Dictionary (24th ed.). F.A. Davis Company. https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/769047/0/dismiss-anonymous-sub-banner
Strychnine [Internet]. In: Venes DD, editors. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2021. [cited 2024 May 16]. Available from: https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/769047/0/dismiss-anonymous-sub-banner.
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