Definitions for ouabains

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ouabains oua·ba·in

Spelling: [wah-bah-in]

IPA: /wɑˈbɑ ɪn/

Ouabains is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 9 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 12 points.

You can make 223 anagrams from letters in ouabains (aabinosu).

Definitions for ouabains

noun

1. a glycoside occurring as a white, crystalline powder, C 29 H 44 O 12 , obtained from the seeds of a shrub, Strophanthus gratus, or from the wood of trees of the genus Acokanthera, and used in medicine chiefly as a cardiac stimulant.

Origin of ouabains

1890-95; French ouaba(ïo) (Somali waabayyo arrow poison) + -in²