cytisine

English

Chemical structure of cytisine

Etymology

From French cytise (“laburnum”) +‎ -ine.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈsɪt.əˌsiːn/

Noun

cytisine (countable and uncountable, plural cytisines)

1. (pharmacology) A polycyclic alkaloid whose pharmacological activity is similar to nicotine; used in the treatment of nicotinism.

Synonyms

• baptitoxine
• sophorine

Translations

polycyclic alkaloid

• Spanish: citisina f

References

• “cytisine”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
• “cytisine”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.

Anagrams

• syenitic