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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. a drug (trade name Cuprimine) used to treat heavy metal poisoning and Wilson's disease and severe arthritis;
[syn: penicillamine, Cuprimine]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Penicillamine \Pen`i*cil"lam*ine\, n. (Chem., Med.) A substance (C5H11NO2S) which is a degradation product of the penicillins. Chemically it is 3-mercapto-D-valine. It has chelating properties and is used in medicine as an antirheumatic and to chelate copper in cases of hepatolenticular degeneration (Wilson's disease). [PJC]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

penicillamine n 1: a drug (trade name Cuprimine) used to treat heavy metal poisoning and Wilson's disease and severe arthritis [syn: penicillamine, Cuprimine]