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An extract from the the juice of the fruit of Ecballium elaterium (the squirting cucumber), used as a purgative; also elaterium.Syn: elaterium
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Elaterīn — Elaterīn, in dem Safte der Früchte von Momordica Elaterium enthaltener eigenthümlicher Bitterstoff; erregt schon zu 1/12–1/16 Gran das heftigste Purgiren u. Erbrechen; krystallisirt in kleinen farblosen seiden glänzenden Prismen, schmilzt bei… … Pierer's Universal-Lexikon
Elaterīn — Elaterīn, s. Elaterium … Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon
Elaterin — Elaterin, s. Eselsgurke … Herders Conversations-Lexikon
elaterin — elat·er·in … English syllables
elaterin — /əˈlætərən/ (say uh latuhruhn), /i / (say ee ) noun a white crystalline substance obtained from and constituting the active principle of elaterium, used as a cathartic …
elaterin — ə̇ˈlad.ərə̇n noun ( s) Etymology: International Scientific Vocabulary elaterium + in : a bitter white crystalline poisonous cathartic substance obtained especially from elaterium and colocynth … Useful english dictionary
Elaterium — is the name of a drug consisting of a sediment deposited by the juice of the fruit of Ecballium Elaterium , the squirting cucumber, a native of the Mediterranean region. The plant, which is a member of the natural order Cucurbitaceae, resembles… … Wikipedia
Ecballium — Spritzgurke Spritzgurke (Ecballium elaterium) Systematik Klasse: Dreifurchenpollen Zweikeimblättrige (Rosopsida) … Deutsch Wikipedia
Ecballium elaterium — Spritzgurke Spritzgurke (Ecballium elaterium) Systematik Klasse: Dreifurchenpollen Zweikeimblättrige (Rosopsida) … Deutsch Wikipedia
Eselsgurke — Spritzgurke Spritzgurke (Ecballium elaterium) Systematik Klasse: Dreifurchenpollen Zweikeimblättrige (Rosopsida) … Deutsch Wikipedia
