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Definition of: veratrine
(ver′ə·trēn, -trin) noun Chem.
A white or grayish–white, amorphous (rarely crystalline), extremely poisonous mixture of alkaloids, contained in sabadilla seeds: used in medicine as an analgesic in neuralgia and rheumatism. Also ve·ra·tri·a (və·rā′trē·ə), ver′a·trin (-trin), ver′a·tri′na (-trī′nə). [<L veratrum hellebore + INE2]
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