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sṭriknīn English Meaning - Translate sṭriknīn (Strychnine) into English from Hindi

sṭriknīn Roman Hindi to English Meaning is Strychnine. It is a noun by form.

Definitions of Strychnine

n. A very poisonous alkaloid resembling brucine, obtained from various species of plants, especially from species of Loganiaceu00e6, as from the seeds of the St. Ignatius bean (Strychnos Ignatia) and from nux vomica. It is obtained as a white crystalline substance, having a very bitter acrid taste, and is employed in medicine (chiefly in the form of the sulphate) as a powerful neurotic stimulant. Called also strychnia, and formerly strychnina.

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How To Spell Strychnine [strik-nin, -neen, -nahyn]

Origin of Strychnine Early 19th century: from French, via Latin from Greek strukhnos, denoting a kind of nightshade.