Definitions for gelsemiums

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gelsemiums gel·se·mi·um

Spelling: [jel-see-mee-uh m]

IPA: /dʒɛlˈsi mi əm/

Gelsemiums is a 10 letter English word. It's valid Words with friends word worth 19 points.

You can make 290 anagrams from letters in gelsemiums (eegilmmssu).

Definitions for gelsemiums

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.
2. 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 gelsemiums

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

Examples for gelsemiums

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.

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

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

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

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