- Raudixin
Medical dictionary. 2011.
Raudixin
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Raudixin — noun antihypertensive consisting of an alkaloid extracted from the plant Rauwolfia serpentina (trade names Raudixin or Rau Sed or Sandril or Serpasil) • Syn: ↑reserpine, ↑Rau Sed, ↑Sandril, ↑Serpasil • Usage Domain: ↑trade name (for: ↑ … Useful english dictionary
Rau-Sed — noun antihypertensive consisting of an alkaloid extracted from the plant Rauwolfia serpentina (trade names Raudixin or Rau Sed or Sandril or Serpasil) • Syn: ↑reserpine, ↑Raudixin, ↑Sandril, ↑Serpasil • Usage Domain: ↑trade name (for: ↑ … Useful english dictionary
Sandril — noun antihypertensive consisting of an alkaloid extracted from the plant Rauwolfia serpentina (trade names Raudixin or Rau Sed or Sandril or Serpasil) • Syn: ↑reserpine, ↑Raudixin, ↑Rau Sed, ↑Serpasil • Usage Domain: ↑trade name (for: ↑ … Useful english dictionary
Serpasil — noun antihypertensive consisting of an alkaloid extracted from the plant Rauwolfia serpentina (trade names Raudixin or Rau Sed or Sandril or Serpasil) • Syn: ↑reserpine, ↑Raudixin, ↑Rau Sed, ↑Sandril • Usage Domain: ↑trade name, ↑trade name ( … Useful english dictionary
reserpine — An ester alkaloid isolated from the root of certain species of Rauwolfia; it decreases the 5 hydroxytryptamine and catecholamine concentrations in the central nervous system and in peripheral tissues; used in conjunction with other hypotensive… … Medical dictionary
Reserpine, an Early Psychiatry Drug — (from 1954) Although Ayurvedic practitioners in India had used the roots of the Rauwolfia plant for centuries in the treatment of mental illness, it was only in the early 1950s that the drug became part of the revolution in… … Historical dictionary of Psychiatry
antihypertensive — noun a drug that reduces high blood pressure • Syn: ↑antihypertensive drug • Hypernyms: ↑medicine, ↑medication, ↑medicament, ↑medicinal drug • Hyponyms: ↑ … Useful english dictionary
antihypertensive drug — noun a drug that reduces high blood pressure • Syn: ↑antihypertensive • Hypernyms: ↑medicine, ↑medication, ↑medicament, ↑medicinal drug • Hyponyms: ↑ … Useful english dictionary
brand name — noun a name given to a product or service • Syn: ↑trade name, ↑brand, ↑marque • Members of this Usage Domain: ↑Sectral (for: ↑trade name), ↑Xanax ( … Useful english dictionary
rauwolfia — noun 1. any of several alkaloids extracted from the shrub Rauwolfia serpentina • Hypernyms: ↑alkaloid • Substance Holonyms: ↑reserpine, ↑Raudixin, ↑Rau Sed, ↑Sandril, ↑Serpasil 2. any shrub or small tree of the genus Rauwolfia … Useful english dictionary
