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alseroxylon

noun al·ser·ox·y·lon \ˌal-sə-ˈräk-sə-ˌlän\

Medical Definition of ALSEROXYLON

:  a complex extract from a rauwolfia (Rauvolfia serpentina) of the Indian subcontinent, Myanmar, Thailand, and Java that has a physiological action resembling but milder than that of reserpine

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