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sinomenine

sinomenine noun: an alkaloid found in the climbing plant Sinomenium acutum, native to Japan and China, traditionally used in herbal medicine as a treatment for rheumatism and arthritis.

Noun

sinomenine (uncountable)

  1. An alkaloid found in the climbing plant Sinomenium acutum, native to Japan and China, traditionally used in herbal medicine as a treatment for rheumatism and arthritis.
    Synonyms:
    cocculine

Synonyms of sinomenine

Origin of sinomenine

translingual Sinomenium n + -ine

Questions about sinomenine

What does sinomenine mean?
Sinomenine means an alkaloid found in the climbing plant Sinomenium acutum, native to Japan and China, traditionally used in herbal medicine as a treatment for rheumatism and arthritis.
What part of speech is sinomenine?
Sinomenine is a noun.

Words near sinomenine in the dictionary

  1. sinologists
  2. sinologue
  3. sinologues
  4. sinology
  5. sinomarinoside
  6. sinomenine
  7. sinonasal
  8. Sinop
  9. sinopathies
  10. sinopathogen
  11. sinopathogens

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