Definition of reserpine in English:

reserpine

noun rɪˈsəːpiːn

mass nounMedicine

A compound of the alkaloid class obtained from Indian snakeroot and other plants and used in the treatment of hypertension.
〔医〕利血平（治疗高血压药）
Example sentencesExamples
- What do aspirin, codeine, ipecac, reserpine, scopolamine, theophylline, and vinblastine have in common?
- The class includes reserpine and tetrabenazine, which is not sold in the United States, but is used widely in Europe.
- The patient's medical history should be reviewed for conditions such as hypothyroidism, stroke, or exposure to certain drugs associated with mood changes, such as steroids, reserpine, beta-blockers, and particularly alcohol.
- Herbal medicine has contributed aspirin from willow bark, reserpine from snakeroot, taxol from the yew tree, but ‘natural’ is not automatically safe.
- Besides reserpine, other alkaloids used in hypertension and other cardiac disorders are ajmaline, rescinnamine, serpentinine, sarpagine, deserpidine, and chandrine.

Origin

1950s: from the modern Latin species name R(auwolfia) serp(entina), named after Leonhard Rauwolf (see rauwolfia), + -ine⁴.

Definition of reserpine in US English:

reserpine

noun

Medicine

A compound of the alkaloid class obtained from Indian snakeroot and other plants and used in the treatment of hypertension.
〔医〕利血平（治疗高血压药）
Example sentencesExamples
- Herbal medicine has contributed aspirin from willow bark, reserpine from snakeroot, taxol from the yew tree, but ‘natural’ is not automatically safe.
- What do aspirin, codeine, ipecac, reserpine, scopolamine, theophylline, and vinblastine have in common?
- The class includes reserpine and tetrabenazine, which is not sold in the United States, but is used widely in Europe.
- Besides reserpine, other alkaloids used in hypertension and other cardiac disorders are ajmaline, rescinnamine, serpentinine, sarpagine, deserpidine, and chandrine.
- The patient's medical history should be reviewed for conditions such as hypothyroidism, stroke, or exposure to certain drugs associated with mood changes, such as steroids, reserpine, beta-blockers, and particularly alcohol.

Origin

1950s: from the modern Latin species name R(auwolfia) serp(entina), named after Leonhard Rauwolf (see rauwolfia), + -ine.

单词	reserpine
释义	Definition of reserpine in English: reserpine noun rɪˈsəːpiːn mass nounMedicine A compound of the alkaloid class obtained from Indian snakeroot and other plants and used in the treatment of hypertension. 〔医〕利血平（治疗高血压药） Example sentencesExamples What do aspirin, codeine, ipecac, reserpine, scopolamine, theophylline, and vinblastine have in common? The class includes reserpine and tetrabenazine, which is not sold in the United States, but is used widely in Europe. The patient's medical history should be reviewed for conditions such as hypothyroidism, stroke, or exposure to certain drugs associated with mood changes, such as steroids, reserpine, beta-blockers, and particularly alcohol. Herbal medicine has contributed aspirin from willow bark, reserpine from snakeroot, taxol from the yew tree, but ‘natural’ is not automatically safe. Besides reserpine, other alkaloids used in hypertension and other cardiac disorders are ajmaline, rescinnamine, serpentinine, sarpagine, deserpidine, and chandrine. Origin 1950s: from the modern Latin species name R(auwolfia) serp(entina), named after Leonhard Rauwolf (see rauwolfia), + -ine⁴. Definition of reserpine in US English: reserpine noun Medicine A compound of the alkaloid class obtained from Indian snakeroot and other plants and used in the treatment of hypertension. 〔医〕利血平（治疗高血压药） Example sentencesExamples Herbal medicine has contributed aspirin from willow bark, reserpine from snakeroot, taxol from the yew tree, but ‘natural’ is not automatically safe. What do aspirin, codeine, ipecac, reserpine, scopolamine, theophylline, and vinblastine have in common? The class includes reserpine and tetrabenazine, which is not sold in the United States, but is used widely in Europe. Besides reserpine, other alkaloids used in hypertension and other cardiac disorders are ajmaline, rescinnamine, serpentinine, sarpagine, deserpidine, and chandrine. The patient's medical history should be reviewed for conditions such as hypothyroidism, stroke, or exposure to certain drugs associated with mood changes, such as steroids, reserpine, beta-blockers, and particularly alcohol. Origin 1950s: from the modern Latin species name R(auwolfia) serp(entina), named after Leonhard Rauwolf (see rauwolfia), + -ine.
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