Definition of Jaborandi

1. n. The native name of a South American rutaceous shrub (Pilocarpus pennatifolius). The leaves are used in medicine as an diaphoretic and sialogogue.

Definition of Jaborandi

1. Noun. Any of several species of the genus ''Pilocarpus'' of plants, some of which are important medicinally. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Jaborandi

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Medical Definition of Jaborandi

1. The native name of a South American rutaceous shrub (Pilocarpus pennatifolius). The leaves are used in medicine as an diaphoretic and sialogogue. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Jaborandi

jabberwockies
jabberwocky
jabbery
jabbing
jabbingly
jabbings
jabble
jabbled
jabbles
jabbling
jabby
jabers
jabiru
jabirus
jaboncillo
jaborandi (current term)
jaborandis
jaborine
jaborosalactol
jabot
jaboticaba
jaboticaba tree
jaboticabas
jabots
jabroni
jabs
jabuticaba
jabuticabas
jacal
jacales

Literary usage of Jaborandi

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.) (1875)
"Diabetes Insipidus treated beneficially by jaborandi. ... In both cases the amount of urine was largely decreased after the administration of jaborandi. 25. ..."

2. The Practitioner by Gale Group, ProQuest Information and Learning Company (1878)
"(Virginia Medical Monthly, June, 1878.) The Physiological and Therapeutic Action of jaborandi. —0. Kahler gives as the result of his observations on ..."

3. Proceedings of the American Pharmaceutical Association at the Annual Meeting by American Pharmaceutical Association, National Pharmaceutical Convention, American Pharmaceutical Association Meeting (1904)
"Another adulterant of " Pernambuco jaborandi" is the so- called Mate or Paraguay tea, but this can only deceive the most careless. ..."

4. Proceedings of the American Pharmaceutical Association at the Annual Meeting by American Pharmaceutical Association, National Pharmaceutical Convention (1904)
"Another adulterant of "Pernambuco jaborandi" is the so- called Mate or Paraguay tea, but this can only deceive the most careless. ..."

5. Commercial Organic Analysis: A Treatise on the Properties, Proximate by Alfred Henry Allen, Henry Leffmann (1896)
"2 For the extraction of pilocarpine, jaborandi leaves should be extracted with rectified ... The preparation and characters of the tincture of jaborandi, ..."

6. Edinburgh Medical Journal (1876)
"There seems to be present in the crude extracts of jaborandi—(1) pilocarpine, ... When the heart has been slowed or stopped by jaborandi, the injection of ..."

7. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1875)
"Diabetes Insipidus treated beneficially by jaborandi. ... In both cases the amount of urine was largely decreased after the administration of jaborandi. 25. ..."

8. The Practitioner by Gale Group, ProQuest Information and Learning Company (1878)
"(Virginia Medical Monthly, June, 1878.) The Physiological and Therapeutic Action of jaborandi. —0. Kahler gives as the result of his observations on ..."

9. Proceedings of the American Pharmaceutical Association at the Annual Meeting by American Pharmaceutical Association, National Pharmaceutical Convention, American Pharmaceutical Association Meeting (1904)
"Another adulterant of " Pernambuco jaborandi" is the so- called Mate or Paraguay tea, but this can only deceive the most careless. ..."

10. Proceedings of the American Pharmaceutical Association at the Annual Meeting by American Pharmaceutical Association, National Pharmaceutical Convention (1904)
"Another adulterant of "Pernambuco jaborandi" is the so- called Mate or Paraguay tea, but this can only deceive the most careless. ..."

11. Commercial Organic Analysis: A Treatise on the Properties, Proximate by Alfred Henry Allen, Henry Leffmann (1896)
"2 For the extraction of pilocarpine, jaborandi leaves should be extracted with rectified ... The preparation and characters of the tincture of jaborandi, ..."

12. Edinburgh Medical Journal (1876)
"There seems to be present in the crude extracts of jaborandi—(1) pilocarpine, ... When the heart has been slowed or stopped by jaborandi, the injection of ..."

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