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ECHUGIN

\ˈɛt͡ʃuːd͡ʒˌɪn], \ˈɛt‍ʃuːd‍ʒˌɪn], \ˈɛ_tʃ_uː_dʒ_ˌɪ_n]\

Definitions of ECHUGIN

1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary

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A poisonous mass prepared from the Adenium boehmianum of southwestern Africa.
A crystallihe glucosid obtained from echugin . It arrests the heart in systole.

1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
By Smith Ely Jelliffe

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