colchicine

English

Etymology

Colchicum +‎ -ine

Noun

colchicine (countable and uncountable, plural colchicines)

1. A highly toxic alkaloid, chemical formula C₂₂H₂₅NO₆, originally extracted from plants of the genus Colchicum and formerly used to treat rheumatic complaints, now used mainly in the treatment of gout.

Derived terms

• thiocolchicine

Related terms

• colchicum

Translations

alkaloid

• Czech: kolchicin
• Dutch: colchicine
• French: colchicine (fr) f
• German: Colchicin (de) n
• Italian: colchicina f
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• Japanese: コルヒチン (koruhichin)
• Polish: kolchicyna (pl) f
• Russian: колхици́н (ru) (kolxicín)
• Walloon: coltchicene (wa)

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Noun

colchicine n or f (uncountable)

1. colchicine

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French

Noun

colchicine f (plural colchicines)

1. colchicine

Further reading

• “colchicine”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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Italian

Noun

colchicine f

1. plural of colchicina

Anagrams

• cicloniche