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Webster 1913 Edition


Strychnia

Strych′ni-a

,
Noun.
[NL. See
Strychnine
.]
(Chem.)
Strychnine.

Webster 1828 Edition


Strychnia

STRYCHNIA

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Noun.
An alkaline substance obtained from the fruit of the Strychnos nux vomica, and Strychnos ignatia. It is a white substance, crystalized in very small four sided prisms, and intolerably bitter. It acts upon the stomach with violent energy, inducing locked jaw and destroying life.

Definition 2024


strychnia

strychnia

English

Noun

strychnia (usually uncountable, plural strychnias)

  1. (archaic, chemistry) strychnine