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Definition of Santonin

1. n. A white crystalline substance having a bitter taste, extracted from the buds of levant wormseed and used as an anthelmintic. It occassions a peculiar temporary color blindness, causing objects to appear as if seen through a yellow glass.

Definition of Santonin

1. Noun. (medicine) An anthelmintic found in santonica and related plants ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Santonin

1. a chemical compound [n -S]

Medical Definition of Santonin

1. A white crystalline substance having a bitter taste, extracted from the buds of levant wormseed and used as an anthelmintic. It occassions a peculiar temporary colour blindness, causing objects to appear as if seen through a yellow glass. Origin: L. Herba santonica, a kind of plant, fr. Santoni a people of Aquitania; cf. Gr., cf. F. Santonine. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

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Literary usage of Santonin

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

1. A Manual of Pharmacology and Its Applications to Therapeutics and Toxicology by Torald Hermann Sollmann (1922)
"It was formerly believed that santonin is not directly toxic to worms, ... Solutions of santonin in dilute bile and sodium bicarbonate mixtures are highly ..."

2. Hand-book of Chemistry by Leopold Gmelin, Henry Watts (1864)
"santonin unites with batet, without elimination of water. ... The hot saturated aqueous solution of santonin does not precipitate any metallic salt ..."

3. A Dictionary of Chemistry and the Allied Branches of Other Sciences by Henry Watts (1869)
"santonin sublimes without decomposition when heated in small quantities ; but when larger quantities are heated, a considerable portion decomposes» yielding ..."

4. A Manual of Pharmacology and Its Applications to Therapeutics and Toxicology by Torald Hermann Sollmann (1917)
"The emodin colors can be shaken out with ether, or precipitated by lime or barium water, whilst the santonin color can not. Uric Acid Elimination. ..."

5. A Manual of Pharmacology and Its Applications to Therapeutics and Toxicology by Torald Hermann Sollmann (1917)
"The emodin colors can be shaken out with ether, or precipitated by lime or barium water, whilst the santonin color can not. Uric Acid Elimination. ..."

6. American Druggist (1887)
"santonin becomes resinous by heating it with hydrochloric acid ; it is not, ... santonin treated in alcohol with alkaline hydrates yields salts more or less ..."

7. A Textbook of pharmacology and therapeutics, or, the Action of drugs in by Arthur Robertson Cushny (1906)
"santonin. Action.—Owing to its insolubility in water, santonin has only a slightly bitter taste in the mouth. It is partially dissolved in the stomach and ..."

8. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1908)
"Other courses- of santonin treatment are instituted depending on the ... The alkalies are entirely compatible with the santonin and afford a useful adjunct ..."

9. A Manual of Pharmacology and Its Applications to Therapeutics and Toxicology by Torald Hermann Sollmann (1922)
"It was formerly believed that santonin is not directly toxic to worms, ... Solutions of santonin in dilute bile and sodium bicarbonate mixtures are highly ..."

10. Hand-book of Chemistry by Leopold Gmelin, Henry Watts (1864)
"santonin unites with batet, without elimination of water. ... The hot saturated aqueous solution of santonin does not precipitate any metallic salt ..."

11. A Dictionary of Chemistry and the Allied Branches of Other Sciences by Henry Watts (1869)
"santonin sublimes without decomposition when heated in small quantities ; but when larger quantities are heated, a considerable portion decomposes» yielding ..."

12. A Manual of Pharmacology and Its Applications to Therapeutics and Toxicology by Torald Hermann Sollmann (1917)
"The emodin colors can be shaken out with ether, or precipitated by lime or barium water, whilst the santonin color can not. Uric Acid Elimination. ..."

13. A Manual of Pharmacology and Its Applications to Therapeutics and Toxicology by Torald Hermann Sollmann (1917)
"The emodin colors can be shaken out with ether, or precipitated by lime or barium water, whilst the santonin color can not. Uric Acid Elimination. ..."

14. American Druggist (1887)
"santonin becomes resinous by heating it with hydrochloric acid ; it is not, ... santonin treated in alcohol with alkaline hydrates yields salts more or less ..."

15. A Textbook of pharmacology and therapeutics, or, the Action of drugs in by Arthur Robertson Cushny (1906)
"santonin. Action.—Owing to its insolubility in water, santonin has only a slightly bitter taste in the mouth. It is partially dissolved in the stomach and ..."

16. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1908)
"Other courses- of santonin treatment are instituted depending on the ... The alkalies are entirely compatible with the santonin and afford a useful adjunct ..."

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