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pelletierin

pelletierin is the alternative form of pelletierine.

Meaning of pelletierine

Noun

pelletierine (uncountable)

  1. An alkaloid obtained from pomegranate bark and used as a taenifuge.

Origin of pelletierin

By the same process of eponymy as explained at pelletierine except for the -in/-ine difference (which recurs in chemical nomenclature); the French word was borrowed into English, German, and others immediately after its coinage, in a manner typical of international scientific vocabulary.

Questions about pelletierin

What is pelletierin the alternative form of?
Pelletierin is the alternative form of pelletierine.

Words near pelletierin in the dictionary

  1. Pelletan
  2. pelleted
  3. pelleter
  4. pelleters
  5. Pelletier-Leisti syndrome
  6. pelletierin
  7. pelletierine
  8. pelleting
  9. pelletisation
  10. pelletisations
  11. pelletise

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