cypripedin

English edit

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Etymology edit

Cypripedium +‎ -in

Noun edit

cypripedin (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).

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