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papaverin

papaverin is the alternative form of papaverine.

Meaning of papaverine

Noun

papaverine (countable and uncountable, plural papaverines)

  1. A nonaddictive derivative of opium used in medicine to relieve muscle spasms, as a vasodilator and in some forms of erectile dysfunction.

Questions about papaverin

What is papaverin the alternative form of?
Papaverin is the alternative form of papaverine.

Words near papaverin in the dictionary

  1. papavarine
  2. papaver
  3. papaveraceous
  4. papaveraldine
  5. papaveretum
  6. papaverin
  7. papaverine
  8. papaverines
  9. papaveroline
  10. papaverous
  11. papaverrubine

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