ERGOTIN
\ˈɜːɡətˌɪn], \ˈɜːɡətˌɪn], \ˈɜː_ɡ_ə_t_ˌɪ_n]\
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The extract of ergot has been found an excellent hemostatic in the dose of two grains several times a day. It has also been used externally.
By Robley Dunglison
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland
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A term for different extracts representing more or less of the active principle of ergot. Also for watery extracts of ergot. They are complex, ill defined, amorphous products, varying in their proportions according to the mode of preparation.
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Of the Br. Ph., 1898, extractum ergotae.
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An alkaloid obtained from ergot by Tauret.
By Smith Ely Jelliffe
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