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(organic chemistry) A poisonous material, extracted from the seeds of plants of species Anamirta cocculus, used as a stimulant; it is a complex of two alkaloids: picrotoxinin and picrotin..
In a Sydney inquest on a man who died of an overdose of picrotoxin, a seldom-used drug, while undergoing treatment for a brain ailment in Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, the public learned that, if a medical practitioner makes a risky experiment on a patient and kills him, the practitioner is not criminally liable.
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Picrotoxin means (organic chemistry) A poisonous material, extracted from the seeds of plants of species Anamirta cocculus, used as a stimulant; it is a complex of two alkaloids: picrotoxinin and picrotin..
Common synonyms include cocculin.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
In a Sydney inquest on a man who died of an overdose of picrotoxin, a seldom-used drug, while undergoing treatment for a brain ailment in Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, the public learned that, if a medical practitioner makes a risky experiment on a patient and kills him, the practitioner is not criminally liable.
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