Definition of Antiar

1. n. A Virulent poison prepared in Java from the gum resin of one species of the upas tree (Antiaris toxicaria).

Definition of Antiar

1. Noun. A poison obtained from the upas tree. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Antiar

1. an arrow poison [n -S]

Medical Definition of Antiar

1. A Virulent poison prepared in Java from the gum resin of one species of the upas tree (Antiaris toxicaria). Origin: Jav. Antjar. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Antiar

antiangiogenic
antiangiogenics
antianimal
antianorexia
antiantibody
antiantitoxin
antianxiety
antianxiety agent
antianxiety drug
antiapartheid
antiaphrodisiacs
antiapoplectic
antiapoptosis
antiapoptotic
antiar (current term)
antiarachnolysin
antiarch
antiarchs
antiarin
antiarins
antiaristocracy
antiaristocratic
antiarmor
antiarmour
antiarmy
antiaromatic
antiaromaticity
antiarrhythmic
antiarrhythmic drug

Literary usage of Antiar

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

1. Pharmaceutical Journal by Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain (1858)
"show that the ligature or excision of the heart has not the same influence as the antiar, inasmuch, as in the first case the musoles and nerves are found ..."

2. A Treatise on Poisons: In Relation to Medical Jurisprudence, Physiology, and by Robert Christison (1836)
"If the body of an animal be examined immediately after death from the Upas antiar, the heart is found to have lost its irritability, and the left ventricle ..."

3. The Retrospect of Practical Medicine and Surgery: Being a Half-yearly edited by William Braithwaite, James Braithwaite, Edmond Fauriel Trevelyan (1858)
"From all these experiments, it seems to follow that the antiar is a poison which acts principally upon the muscular system (the heart and the voluntary ..."

4. The Retrospect of Medicine by William Braithwaite (1858)
"OBSERVATIONS ON THE POISON OF THE UPAS antiar. By Professor ALBERT KOLLIKER. [This energetic poison has not been examined since the beginning of the present ..."

5. Hand-book of Chemistry by Leopold Gmelin, Henry Watts (1871)
"Wax of antiar Upas. — Deposited from an extract of the juice prepared with hot alcohol on cooling, and purified by boiling with water. See xvi, 217. ..."

6. Journal of Anatomy and Physiology by Anatomical Society of Great Britain and Ireland (1876)
"The facts all support the view of previous observers, that antiar is essentially a muscular poison, and produces its effects chiefly at least by interfering ..."

7. Edinburgh Medical and Surgical Journal (1825)
"... and Upas antiar, [Ann, de Cbim, et de Pbys. Mai 1824, xxv;.. 44. ... The fame gentlemen have analyzed the Upas antiar. ..."

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