n. A drug, C33H40N2O9, isolated from the roots of certain species of rauwolfia and used as an antihypertensive. [German Reserpin, from shortening and alteration of New Latin Rauvolfia serpentīna, species of snakeroot : RAUWOLFIA + Late Latin serpentīna, feminine of serpentīnus, serpentine; see SERPENTINE.] |
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