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SERPASIL
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Serpasil mean?
• SERPASIL (noun)
The noun SERPASIL has 1 sense:
1. antihypertensive consisting of an alkaloid extracted from the plant Rauwolfia serpentina (trade names Raudixin or Rau-Sed or Sandril or Serpasil)
Familiarity information: SERPASIL used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Antihypertensive consisting of an alkaloid extracted from the plant Rauwolfia serpentina (trade names Raudixin or Rau-Sed or Sandril or Serpasil)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Synonyms:
Rau-Sed; Raudixin; reserpine; Sandril; Serpasil
Hypernyms ("Serpasil" is a kind of...):
antihypertensive; antihypertensive drug (a drug that reduces high blood pressure)
Meronyms (substance of "Serpasil"):
rauwolfia (any of several alkaloids extracted from the shrub Rauwolfia serpentina)
Domain usage:
trade name (a name given to a product or service)
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