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Definition of Scammony

1. Noun. Tropical American morning glory.

2. Noun. Resin from the root of Convolvulus scammonia.

3. Noun. Twining plant of Asia Minor having cream-colored to purple flowers and long thick roots yielding a cathartic resin.

Definition of Scammony

1. n. A species of bindweed or Convolvulus (C. Scammonia).

Definition of Scammony

1. Noun. ''Convolvulus scammonia'', a twining perennial bindweed native to the eastern part of the Mediterranean basin, whose juice has been used in medicine as scammonium. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Scammony

1. a climbing plant [n -NIES]

Medical Definition of Scammony

1. 1. A species of bindweed or Convolvulus (C. Scammonia). 2. An inspissated sap obtained from the rot of the Convolvulus Scammonia, of a blackish gray colour, a nauseous smell like that of old cheese, and a somewhat acrid taste. It is used in medicine as a cathartic. Origin: F. Scammonee, L. Scammonia, scammonea, Gr. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Scammony

scambling scamel scamels scamilli scamillus scammed scammee scammel scammer scammers

scamming scammoniate scammonic acid scammonies scammonin scammonyroot scammy scamp scampavia scampavias

scamped scamper scampered scamperer scamperers scampering scamperings scampers scampi

Literary usage of Scammony

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Universal Formulary: Containing the Methods of Preparing and Administering by Robert Eglesfeld Griffith, Robert Pennell Thomas (1866)
"R. Powdered scammony, two drachms. Inspissated ox gall, three drachms. ... R. scammony, in fine powder, at will, Boil in successive portions of proof spirit ..."

2. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1832)
"Take of resin of scammony of its natural colour or ... The scammony is reduced to powder by trituration in a mortar. The milk gradually added, ..."

3. The American Cyclopaedia: A Popular Dictionary of General Knowledge edited by George Ripley, Charles Anderson Dana (1883)
"In collecting scammony, an excavation is made to expose the root for 4 or 5 ... The purest form of scammony is that which is allowed to dry in the shells, ..."

4. A Dictionary of Chemistry and the Allied Branches of Other Sciences by Henry Watts (1865)
"83), by boiling scammony-resin with dilute sulphuric acid, obtains sugar and his ... He calculates, according to Johnston's analysis of scammony-resin, ..."

5. Science Papers: Chiefly Pharmacological and Botanical by Daniel Hanbury (1876)
"This scammony affords 911 per cent, of resin soluble in ... Pure scammony from the neighbourhood of Smyrna: a portion apparently of a cake about an inch in ..."

6. Allen's Commercial Organic Analysis: A Treatise on the Properties, Modes of by Alfred Henry Allen (1913)
"Jalap and scammony and several allied plants of the ... The active principles of Jalap and scammony are often miscalled resins. ..."

7. Proceedings of the American Pharmaceutical Association at the Annual Meeting by American Pharmaceutical Association, National Pharmaceutical Convention, American Pharmaceutical Association Meeting (1862)
"BY EDWARD R. SQUIBB, MD, BROOKLYN, NY scammony may be easily obtained in the ... The scammony is in irregular, rough and fissured masses of various sizes, ..."

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