Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun A bitter-tasting resin obtained from the dried root of the mayapple and used in medicine as a caustic.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A resin obtained from the rootstalk of Podophyllum peltatum. It is used in medicine as a purgative, and seems to have the power of stimulating the secretion of bile.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun (Chem.) A brown bitter gum extracted from the rootstalk of the May apple (Podophyllum peltatum). It is a complex mixture of several substances.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun organic chemistry A resinous powder obtained by precipitating an alcoholic tincture of the rhizome of Podophyllum by means of water acidified with hydrochloric acid.

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[New Latin Podophyllum, genus name (Greek pous, pod-, foot; see ped- in Indo-European roots + Greek phullon, leaf; see bhel- in Indo-European roots) + –in.]

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Podophyllum +‎ -in

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Examples

  • The other option is to use more potent medications that your doctor must apply These include podophyllin, trichloracetic acid (TCA), bichloracetic acid (BCA), and interferon.

    Getting Pregnant Niels H. Lauersen 2000

  • Apply 20% podophyllin solution in the same way until the wart turns brown.

    Chapter 21 1997

  • Protect the area around the wart with petroleum gel before using podophyllin.

    Chapter 37 1997

  • Other medicines that may work for genital warts: podophyllin

    Chapter 37 1997

  • Other medicines that may work for skin infection: ampicillin, amoxicillin, erythromycin for infection after childbirth: procaine penicillin, amoxicillin, metronidazole podophyllin (Condylox, Podocon-25)

    Chapter 37 1997

  • Women who are pregnant or breast feeding should not use podophyllin.

    Chapter 31 1993

  • Often comes as a solution containing 10 to 25 percent podophyllin mixed with benzoin.

    Chapter 31 1993

  • If podophyllin is not available, bichloroacetic acid can be used to shrink warts.

    Chapter 31 1993

  • · For warts, use bichloroacetic acid or podophyllin.

    Chapter 32 1993

  • Apply a small amount of bichloroacetic acid or podophyllin to each wart.

    Chapter 32 1993

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