podophyllin

UK: /ˌpɒdəʊˈfɪlɪn/ US: (pod′ə fil′in)

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pod•o•phyl•lin  (pod′ə fil′in), n. 

1. Drugs a resin, occurring as a light brown to greenish amorphous powder, obtained from podophyllum, and used in medicine chiefly as a cathartic and, locally, in the treatment of genital warts. Also called pod′ophyl′lin res′in. 

• podophyll(um) + -in² 1850–55

pod′o•phyl′lic, adj. 

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podophyllin, podophylin, podophylin resin / ˌpɒdəʊˈfɪlɪn/ noun

1. a bitter yellow resin obtained from the dried underground stems of the May apple and mandrake: used to treat warts and formerly as a cathartic

Etymology: 19th Century: from New Latin Podophyllum genus of herbs including the May apple, from podo-, from Greek pous foot + phullon leaf