Strychnineとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

From French strychnine, from Greek στρύχνος (strýchnos, “sleepy nightshade”) (or directly from Ancient Greek στρύχνον (strúkhnon)) +‎ -ine.

発音

• (英国発音) IPA: /ˈstɹɪk.niːn/, /ˈstrɪknɪn/
• (米国発音) IPA: /ˈstrɪkˌnaɪn/, /ˈstrɪkˌnin/

名詞

strychnine (usually uncountable, plural strychnines)

1. (organic chemistry) A very toxic, colorless crystalline alkaloid, derived from nux vomica, used as a pesticide.
   • 1908, L. M. Montgomery, Anne of Green Gables:

     Only don’t say I didn’t warn you if he burns Green Gables down or puts strychnine in the well—I heard of a case over in New Brunswick where an orphan asylum child did that and ​the whole family died in fearful agonies.

   • 1920, Agatha Christie, The Mysterious Affair at Styles:

     […] strychnine is a fairly rapid drug in its action. The symptoms appear from one to two hours after it has been swallowed.

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