picrotoxin

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Etymology

From picro- +‎ toxin.

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picrotoxin (plural picrotoxins)

  1. (organic chemistry) A poisonous material, extracted from the seeds of plants of species Anamirta cocculus, used as a stimulant; it is a complex of two alkaloids: picrotoxinin and picrotin.
    • 1939 July 19, The Bulletin, Sydney, page 14, column 1:
      In a Sydney inquest on a man who died of an overdose of picrotoxin, a seldom-used drug, while undergoing treatment for a brain ailment in Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, the public learned that, if a medical practitioner makes a risky experiment on a patient and kills him, the practitioner is not criminally liable.

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