ergotamine

English

Etymology

Borrowed from German Ergotamin, corresponding to ergot +‎ -amine.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɜːˈɡɒtəmiːn/

Noun

ergotamine (countable and uncountable, plural ergotamines)

1. (organic chemistry, biochemistry, pharmacology) An alkaloid, extracted from ergot, that causes constriction of blood vessels and has been used to treat migraine; it is related to lysergic acid.

Translations

an alkaloid extracted from ergot

• Finnish: ergotamiini
• Galician: ergotamina f
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Greek: εργοταμίνη f (ergotamíni)
• Spanish: ergotamina f

Anagrams

• metrogaine

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French

Noun

ergotamine f (plural ergotamines)

1. ergotamine

Further reading

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