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Definition of Aconitum napellus
1. Noun. A poisonous herb native to northern Europe having hooded blue-purple flowers; the dried leaves and roots yield aconite.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Aconitum Napellus
Literary usage of Aconitum napellus
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1886)
"Aconitum napellus affects sensibility, and lowers the irritability of the sensory
... "Aconitum napellus paralyzes the end-organs of the motor nerves, ..."
2. Edinburgh Medical and Surgical Journal (1839)
"... admitted into Hospice St Andre for a painful rheumatic affection, for the cure
of which the alcoholic extract of the Aconitum napellus was administered. ..."
3. A Clinical materia medica by Ernest Albert Farrington (1897)
"Aconitum napellus is the monkshood. Aconite itself means without dust. ...
Aconitum napellus contains an active principle called Aconitine, crystalline in ..."