strychnine

/strik-nin, -neen, -nahyn/US // ˈstrɪk nɪn, -nin, -naɪn //UK // (ˈstrɪkniːn) //

马钱子,番木鳖碱,番木鳖,马钱子碱

Definitions

n.名词 noun

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- : Pharmacology. a colorless, crystalline poison, C21H22N2O2, obtained chiefly by extraction from the seeds of nux vomica, formerly used as a central nervous system stimulant.
- : an Indian tree, Strychnos nux-vomica, of the logania family, having small, yellowish-white flowers in clusters, berrylike fruit, and seeds that yield strychnine.

This is a family tragedy laced with equal parts wit and strychnine.
A grain of strychnine is just as fatal as an ounce, without an antidote.
Croton oil and strychnine pills, that'll set me up in two weeks.
This reaction is capable of detecting one part of strychnine in a million parts of liquid.
"Yes, we had better go home," I spoke quietly, though my heart pumped as if I had taken strychnine.
Again, we must examine more closely some of the cases, in which strychnine injections showed a brilliant result.