ouabain

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A poisonous cardiac glycoside, g-strophanthin, found in the seeds of certain lianas. countable,uncountable
    — In moderate dosage ouabain is used today to treat emergency heart failure; in excessive doses it makes the heart go crazy, pumping wildly until it collapses.

词形变化

ouabains plural

词源

From ouaba(io) + -in, after French ouabain, ultimately from Somali waabaayo, meaning "arrow poison".
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