Podophyllin Definition

pŏdə-fĭlĭn
noun
A yellow cathartic resin with a bitter taste, obtained from the rhizome of the May apple.
Webster's New World

Origin of Podophyllin

  • New Latin Podophyllum genus name (Greek pous pod- foot ped- in Indo-European roots) (Greek phullon leaf bhel-3 in Indo-European roots) –in

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • Podophyllum +"Ž -in

    From Wiktionary

Podophyllin Sentence Examples

  • Podophyllin is a resinous powder obtained by precipitating an alcoholic tincture of the rhizome by means of water acidulated with hydrochloric acid.

  • The properties of podophyllin resin vary with the reaction of the tissue with which it is in contact; where this is acid the drug is inert, the picro-podophyllin being precipitated.

  • The best method of prescribing podophyllin is in pill form.

  • In toxic doses podophyllin causes intense enteritis, with all its characteristic symptoms, and severe depression, which may end in death.

  • We applied vidarabine ointment and/or podophyllin to cervical epithelium in 28 cases of CIN I-II to evaluate the therapeutic effectiveness of these agents.

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Words Starting With

PPOPOD

Words Ending With

NINLIN

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podophyllin

Words Starting With P and Ending With N

Starts With P & Ends With NStarts With PO & Ends With NStarts With P & Ends With IN

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11 Letter Words11 Letter Words Starting With P11 Letter Words Ending With N