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  • noun (Chem.) An intensely poisonous alkaloid, extracted from aconite.

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  • noun organic chemistry An intensely poisonous alkaloid, extracted from aconite.

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Examples

  • I knew enough about poisons to be certain that the flask did not contain arsenic or strychnine, but that left a hundred others, from aconitine, which would kill with an imperceptible amount, to — “Ten seconds.”

    A Monstrous Regiment of Women King, Laurie R. 1995

  • I knew enough about poisons to be certain that the flask did not contain arsenic or strychnine, but that left a hundred others, from aconitine, which would kill with an imperceptible amount, to — “Ten seconds.”

    A Monstrous Regiment of Women King, Laurie R. 1995

  • Dr. Mrugowsky used them as targets for his aconitine nitrate experiment, shooting projectiles into their thighs to prove that it would invariably bring death within two hours.

    Briar Rose Yolen, Jane 1991

  • Poisonous property depends upon an alkaloid, aconitine.

    Aids to Forensic Medicine and Toxicology

  • Effects on mice, etc. A cadaveric alkaloid or ptomaine has been found in the body, possessing many of the actions of aconitine.

    Aids to Forensic Medicine and Toxicology

  • The author succeeded in rescuing animals poisoned by alcohol, strychnine, chloral, and aconitine.

    Scientific American Supplement, No. 586, March 26, 1887 Various

  • With reference to this fact, the author, in 1885, made experiments with alcohol and strychnine, and continued his researches in the use of chloral and aconitine with results favorable to the method employed, which is as follows:

    Scientific American Supplement, No. 586, March 26, 1887 Various

  • With aconitine, diuresis was not always established, and when it failed the animal died in convulsions.

    Scientific American Supplement, No. 586, March 26, 1887 Various

  • He began to be afraid that some accident had happened to her, and often regretted that he had prevented her taking the aconitine when she had been so anxious to try its effect.

    Lord Arthur Savile's Crime 1909

  • "I should like to take it now," said Lady Clementina, holding up to the light the little transparent capsule, with its floating bubble of liquid aconitine.

    Lord Arthur Savile's Crime 1909

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