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Webster 1913 Edition
Papaverine
Pa-pav′er-ine
,Noun.
(Chem.)
An alkaloid found in opium. It has a weaker therapeutic action than morphine.
Definition 2024
papaverine
papaverine
English
Noun
papaverine (usually uncountable, plural papaverines)
- A non-addictive derivative of opium used in medicine to relieve muscle spasms, as a vasodilator and in some forms of erectile dysfunction.
Derived terms
- tetrahydropapaverine
Translations
pharmaceutical drug
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