Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A nonaddictive opium derivative, C20H21NO4, used medicinally to relieve spasms of smooth muscle.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun An alkaloid (C21 H21NO4) contained in opium.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Chem.) An alkaloid found in opium. It has a weaker therapeutic action than morphine.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A non-
addictive derivative ofopium used inmedicine to relievemuscle spasms , as avasodilator and in some forms oferectile dysfunction .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun an alkaloid medicine (trade name Kavrin) obtained from opium; used to relax smooth muscles; it is nonaddictive
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Some men were also given injections of a drug called papaverine, a muscle stimulant that can boost erections.
Earl Mindell’s New Herb Bible Earl Mindell 2008
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Some men were also given injections of a drug called papaverine, a muscle stimulant that can boost erections.
Earl Mindell’s New Herb Bible Earl Mindell 2008
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Some men were also given injections of a drug called papaverine, a muscle stimulant that can boost erections.
Earl Mindell’s New Herb Bible Earl Mindell 2008
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Some men were also given injections of a drug called papaverine, a muscle stimulant that can boost erections.
Earl Mindell’s New Herb Bible Earl Mindell 2008
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Diseases such as papaverine, and the tongue: so does this formulation harder erections.
We Blog A Lot 2009
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Street heroin contains papaverine, a remnant of the opium poppy that can be detected in the urine.
Study: Prescribing Heroin to Addicts Helps Keep Them Off Street Drugs | Impact Lab 2010
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Over the next few minutes, Snyder gave the president amyl nitrite to sniff and injections of papaverine hydrochloride, morphine tartrate, heparin, and, later, a second shot of morphine.
Eisenhower 1956 David A. Nichols 2011
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Over the next few minutes, Snyder gave the president amyl nitrite to sniff and injections of papaverine hydrochloride, morphine tartrate, heparin, and, later, a second shot of morphine.
Eisenhower 1956 David A. Nichols 2011
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If impotence is caused by a constriction of blood vessels or by nerve damage to these vessels, injecting papaverine directly into the penis before having sex can stimulate an erection.
Getting Pregnant Niels H. Lauersen 2000
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He contributed greatly towards the definition of the arrangement of atoms within molecules of morphine, papaverine, narcotine, etc.
chained_bear commented on the word papaverine
Hmm. Why does it sound so pretty?
August 4, 2008
reesetee commented on the word papaverine
Comes from papaver, Latin for "poppy." Maybe that's why. :-)
August 5, 2008
bilby commented on the word papaverine
*pop!*
August 5, 2008
knitandpurl commented on the word papaverine
"The doctor turned to the nurse. "Nurse, please go and bring me some tincture of valerian from the pharmacy. And some papaverine syrup.""
The Tin Princess by Philip Pullman, p 272 of the 2008 Knopf paperback edition
August 29, 2011
bilby commented on the word papaverine
Wolverine's father.
August 29, 2011