distigmine

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A parasympathomimetic drug, used in the bromide form, similar to pyridostigmine and neostigmine but with a longer duration of action.

Word forms

distigmine

Etymology

From di- + -stigmine (“acetylcholinesterase inhibitor”).

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