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ouabains

ouabains is the plural of ouabain.

Meaning of ouabain

Noun

ouabain (countable and uncountable, plural ouabains)

  1. A poisonous cardiac glycoside, g-strophanthin, found in the seeds of certain lianas.
    • In moderate dosage ouabain is used today to treat emergency heart failure; in excessive doses it makes the heart go crazy, pumping wildly until it collapses.1985, Wade Davis, The Serpent and the Rainbow, Simon & Schuster, page 113

Questions about ouabains

What is ouabains the plural of?
Ouabains is the plural of ouabain.

Words near ouabains in the dictionary

  1. ou
  2. Ou-tchang
  3. ou-tenga
  4. ouabagenin
  5. ouabain
  6. ouabains
  7. ouabaio
  8. Ouachita
  9. Ouachita County
  10. Ouachita Parish
  11. Ouachitas

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