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pilocarpine

/pahy-luh-kahr-peen, -pin, pil-uh-/US // ˌpaɪ ləˈkɑr pin, -pɪn, ˌpɪl ə- //UK // (ˌpaɪləʊˈkɑːpaɪn, -pɪn) //

皮洛卡平,皮罗卡平,普罗卡平,皮拉卡平

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    Pharmacology.

    • : an oil or crystalline alkaloid, C11H16N2O2, obtained from jaborandi, and used chiefly to produce sweating, promote the flow of saliva, contract the pupil of the eye, and for glaucoma.

Examples

  • Other salts of Pilocarpine are not described because used substantially as the above.

  • In a similar manner, if yet not so intensely, operated saltpeter and coffeine, as also urea and pilocarpine.

  • One-thirty-second of a grain of muriate of pilocarpine was administered every six hours without the desired sudorific effect.

  • Lastly, pilocarpine may be thrown into the tissues in sufficient doses to procure its vigorous physiological action.

  • Muriate of pilocarpine was recommended for this purpose three years ago.

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