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ergoline

ergoline noun: a tetracyclic heterocycle whose structural skeleton is contained in a diverse range of alkaloids, including some psychedelic drugs, and whose derivatives are used clinically for vasoconstriction and in the treatment of migraine and Parkinson's disease.

Noun

ergoline (countable and uncountable, plural ergolines)

  1. A tetracyclic heterocycle whose structural skeleton is contained in a diverse range of alkaloids, including some psychedelic drugs, and whose derivatives are used clinically for vasoconstriction and in the treatment of migraine and Parkinson's disease.

Forms of ergoline

pluralergolines

Words formed from ergoline

Questions about ergoline

What does ergoline mean?
Ergoline means a tetracyclic heterocycle whose structural skeleton is contained in a diverse range of alkaloids, including some psychedelic drugs, and whose derivatives are used clinically for vasoconstriction and in the treatment of migraine and Parkinson's disease.
What part of speech is ergoline?
Ergoline is a noun.
What is the plural of ergoline?
The plural of ergoline is ergolines.

Words near ergoline in the dictionary

  1. ergograms
  2. ergograph
  3. ergographic
  4. ergographs
  5. ergography
  6. ergoline
  7. ergolines
  8. ergolinic
  9. ergological
  10. ergologies
  11. ergology

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