ouabain

US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling(wä bä′in)


WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
oua•ba•in  (wä bä′in),USA pronunciation n. [Pharm.]
  1. Drugsa glycoside occurring as a white, crystalline powder, C29H44O12, obtained from the seeds of a shrub, Strophanthus gratus, or from the wood of trees of the genus Acokanthera, and used in medicine chiefly as a cardiac stimulant. Also called G-strophanthin. 
  • Somali waabayyo arrow poison) + -in2
  • French ouaba(ïo) (
  • 1890–95

'ouabain' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
G-strophanthin

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