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Definition of Citrin
1. Noun. A vitamin that maintains the resistance of cell and capillary walls to permeation.
Definition of Citrin
1. a citric vitamin [n -S]
Medical Definition of Citrin
1. A mixture of bioflavonoids extracted from plants (especially citrus fruits). It reduces the permeability and fragility of capillaries and is useful in the treatment of certain cases of purpura that are resistant to vitamin C therapy. See: hesperidin, quercetin, rutin. Synonym: capillary permeability factor, citrin, permeability vitamin. (05 Mar 2000)
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Literary usage of Citrin
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Materia Medica and Therapeutics: With Ample Illustrations of Practice in All by Thomas Duché Mitchell (1857)
"A physician in Georgetown, District of Columbia, treated chilblains with a mixture
of sugar of lead, citrin ointment, &c. Thus:— R.—Acet. plumb, ..."
2. An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language: To which is Prefixed, a by John Jamieson (1879)
"con- This appears to denote a stone of a citron, or pale- yellow colour, Fr.
citrin, id. It is evident from the biet. Trev. that this name is still given in ..."
3. Bulletin by American Institute of Mining Engineers (1899)
"The Coloring Matter of Amethyst, citrin and ' Burnt' Amethyst." The author
concludes that the occurrence of citrin with amethyst may be the result of ..."
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