cypripedin
English
editEtymology
editFrom Cypripedium + -in.
Noun
editcypripedin (uncountable)
- (organic chemistry) A precipitate from the tincture of Cypripedium parviflorum var. pubescens, employed in treating neuralgia and hysteria.
References
edit- The Practitioner's Medical Dictionary (Gould, 1919).
- American Illustrated Medical Dictionary (1919).