CONIUM
\kənˈɪəm], \kənˈɪəm], \k_ə_n_ˈɪ__ə_m]\
Definitions of CONIUM
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 2010 - Medical Dictionary Database
- 1898 - Warner's pocket medical dictionary of today.
- 1846 - Medical lexicon: a dictionary of medical science
- 1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
- 1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
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By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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The common hemlock (Conium maculatum, poison hemlock, spotted hemlock, poison parsley), a roadside weed of Europe, Asia, and America, cultivated in the United States for medicinal purpose. It is an active poison. The leaves and fruit are used in medicine.
By Oddity Software
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
By William R. Warner
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The leaves, Conii Folia, and seeds, Conii Semen, are narcotic and poisonous in an overdose. Light destroys the virtues of the leaves: and, therefore, the powder should be kept in opaque bottles, well corked. It has been used as a palliative in cancer and other painful affections; but is not equal to opium. Externally, it has been applied in fomentation to cancerous and scrofulous ulcers.
By Robley Dunglison
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland
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