IGNATIA
\ɪɡnˈe͡ɪʃə], \ɪɡnˈeɪʃə], \ɪ_ɡ_n_ˈeɪ_ʃ_ə]\
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By William R. Warner
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[Ignatius Loyola, the founder of the Jesuits.] The seed of the Strychnos Ignatia, an East Indian climbing shrub of the Loganiaceae. It contains strychnine and brucine, and is used like nux vomica. Dose, gr. ss-2 (gm. 0.03-0.13).
By Alexander Duane
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland
Word of the day
tinctura quininae ammoniata
- A preparation made by dissolving quinin sulphate in alcohol [Br. Ph.].