Medical Dictionary

cotarnine

noun co·tar·nine \kō-ˈtär-ˌnēn, -nən\

Medical Definition of COTARNINE

:  a crystalline alkaloid that is obtained by the oxidation of narcotine and has been used chiefly in the form of its chloride C12H14ClNO3 to check bleeding especially from small blood vessels

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