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Definition of Apomorphine
1. Noun. A morphine derivative that is not as strong as morphine; used as an emetic and in small doses as a sedative.
Definition of Apomorphine
1. Noun. (pharmaceutical drug) A particular narcotic used in the treatment of Parkinson's disease. ¹
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Definition of Apomorphine
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Medical Definition of Apomorphine
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Apomorphine
Literary usage of Apomorphine
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Laboratory Manual for the Detection of Poisons and Powerful Drugs by Wilhelm Autenrieth (1921)
"(a) If there is any indication of apomorphine, first extract the ammoniacal ...
apomorphine is an amorphous base readily soluble in ethyl alcohol, ether, ..."
2. Allen's Commercial Organic Analysis: A Treatise on the Properties, Modes of by Alfred Henry Allen (1917)
"The formation of apomorphine in morphine solutions (see Vol. ... Feinberg also
describes a test for apomorphine in presence of morphine. ..."
3. Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease by American Neurological Association, Philadelphia Neurological Society, Chicago Neurological Society, New York Neurological Association, Boston Society of Psychiatry and Neurology (1885)
"Subcutaneous injections of apomorphine continued for thirty-eight days caused the
... Dr. Lawrence also cured with apomorphine a case of hereditary ..."
4. A Handbook of therapeutics by Sydney Ringer (1897)
"The most important effects of apomorphine are (1) upon the stomach. emetic action
... The emetic action of apomorphine is of particular value in cases of ..."
5. A Textbook of pharmacology and therapeutics, or, the Action of drugs in by Arthur Robertson Cushny (1918)
"apomorphine is said to have some anaesthetic effects on the cornea when a solution is
... apomorphine is not excreted into the stomach like morphine, ..."
6. Commercial Organic Analysis: A Treatise on the Properties, Proximate by Alfred Henry Allen (1892)
"apomorphine gives a crimson-red colour with nitric acid, and brown with iodic acid,
... The most delicate reaction of apomorphine is the production of ..."
7. Poisons: Their Effects and Detection by Alexander Wynter Blyth (1895)
"apomorphine is a derivative of morphine, and is readily prepared by ... The result
is apomorphine hydrochloride, the morphine losing one molecule of water, ..."