Definitions for Gelsemium

Gelsemium gel·se·mi·um

Spelling: [jel-see-mee-uh m]
IPA: /dʒɛlˈsi mi əm/

Gelsemium is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Words with friends word worth 19 points.

You can make 234 anagrams from letters in Gelsemium (eegilmmsu).

Definitions for Gelsemium

noun

  1. the dried rhizome and root of yellow jasmine, formerly used as a sedative in the form of a powder, tincture, or fluid extract.

Origin of Gelsemium

1870-75; New Latin Italian gelsom(ino) jasmine + Latin -ium -ium

Examples for Gelsemium

The British Pharmacopoeia contains a tincture of gelsemium, the dose of which is from five to fifteen minims.

gelsemium is a very powerful agent for depressing the pulse and the functional activity of the spinal cord.

gelsemium is sometimes a very satisfactory remedy—especially in the febrile attacks to which children are liable.

Feverish and irritable conditions yield frequently to aperients, or to gelsemium and quinine.

Word Value for Gelsemium
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