a colourless crystalline water-soluble compound whose pharmacological action resembles that of hydrastine. Formula: C11H13NO3
hydrastinine in American English
(haiˈdræstəˌnin, -nɪn)
noun
Pharmacology
a white, crystalline, poisonous alkaloid, C11H13NO3, synthesized from hydrastine: used to arrest bleeding, esp. in the uterus
Word origin
[1885–90; hydrastine + -ine2]This word is first recorded in the period 1885–90. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: foregut, reactor, retread, roller coaster, zoom-ine is a suffix, of no assignable meaning, appearing in nouns of Greek, Latin, or Frenchorigin. Other words that use the affix -ine include: doctrine, famine, routine