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phrynin

phrynin noun: bufotoxin.

Noun

phrynin (uncountable)

  1. (obsolete) bufotoxin
    • In another letter Dr. Lauder Brunton mentions that an active principle of the toad venom is probably of an alkaloidal nature. It has been called phrynin or bufidin. It appears to be a cardiac poison, acting in somewhat the way as digitalis; but its effects seem to resemble still more those of...1892, “The Poison of the Toad”, in C. H. Hughes, editor, The Alienist and Neurologist, volume XIII, Reviews, Notes, Etc., page 398

Origin of phrynin

φρύνη (phrúnē) + -in

Questions about phrynin

What does phrynin mean?
Phrynin means bufotoxin.
What part of speech is phrynin?
Phrynin is a noun.

Words near phrynin in the dictionary

  1. Phrygianizes
  2. Phrygianizing
  3. Phrygians
  4. Phrygio-
  5. Phryne
  6. phrynin
  7. phrynoderma
  8. phrynosomatid
  9. phrynosomatids
  10. PHS
  11. PhST

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