strychnicadj.
/ˈstrɪknɪk/, U.S. /ˈstrɪknɪk/ Chemistry.
Pertaining to strychnine. strychnic acid n. = igasuric adj. acid.
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arsenical1591
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the world > matter > chemistry > organic chemistry > acids obtained from plants or trees > [noun]
vegetable acid1698
rhein1827
igasuric acid1830
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strychnic acid1840
1840 J. Pereira Elements Materia Medica ii. 909 Strychnic or Igasuric acid.—Exists in the seeds of nux-vomica [etc.].
1875 H. C. Wood Treat. Therapeutics (1879) 297 Strychnic convulsions must be spinal, because they do not arise in any of the other possible methods.
1889 Hardwicke's Sci.-gossip 25 176 A peculiar acid known as strychnic acid.
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