reserpine
/ˈresəpɪn/noun
mass 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)。
词源
1950s: from the modern Latin species name R(auwolfia) serp(entina), named after Leonhard Rauwolf (see RAUWOLFIA), + -INE4.