ergotamine
English
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Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from German Ergotamin, corresponding to ergot + -amine.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]ergotamine (countable and uncountable, plural ergotamines)
- (organic chemistry, biochemistry, pharmacology) An alkaloid, extracted from ergot, that causes constriction of blood vessels and has been used to treat migraine; it is related to lysergic acid.
Translations
[edit]an alkaloid extracted from ergot
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Anagrams
[edit]French
[edit]Noun
[edit]ergotamine f (plural ergotamines)
Further reading
[edit]- “ergotamine”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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