antihydropinn.
Med.
A crystalline principle obtained from the body of the cockroach, used in medicine as an antihydropic.
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antihydropin1875
1875 H. C. Wood Treat. Therapeutics (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.
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