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antihydropin Med.|æntɪˈhaɪdrəpɪn|
[f. anti- + Gr. ὕδρωπ-α (see prec.) + -in.]
A crystalline principle obtained from the body of the cockroach, used in medicine as an antihydropic.
1875H. Wood Therap. (1879) 497 The dried bodies of..cockroaches have long been popularly used in Russia as a remedy for dropsy, and under the name of antihydropin have been introduced into practical medicine. |