ouabain
Valid in Scrabble
- Scrabble points
- 9
- Words With Friends
- 12
- Letters
- 7
/ˈwɑːbeɪn/
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/ˈwɑːbeɪn/ · /ˈuːəbeɪn/
Definition of ouabain
1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included
noun
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(countable, uncountable)A poisonous cardiac glycoside, g-strophanthin, found in the seeds of certain lianas.
“In moderate dosage ouabain is used today to treat emergency heart failure; in excessive doses it makes the heart go crazy, pumping wildly until it collapses.”
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Etymology
From ouaba(io) + -in, after French ouabain, ultimately from Somali waabaayo, meaning "arrow poison".
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