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ouabain(dictionary)

ouabain (iou)



ouabain noun. L19.
[French, from Somali wabayo tree yielding arrow poison containing ouabain: see -IN1.]
Chemistry & Pharmacology. A potentially poisonous polycyclic glycoside that is obtained from certain trees of the African genera Strophanthus and Acokanthera (family Apocynaceae) and is used as a very rapid cardiac stimulant. Also called G-strophanthin.