Wordnet 3.0
NOUN (1)
1.
an alkaloid medicine (trade name Kavrin) obtained from opium;
used to relax smooth muscles;
it is nonaddictive;
[syn: papaverine, Kavrin]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Papaverine \Pa*pav"er*ine\, n. (Chem.)
An alkaloid found in opium. It has a weaker therapeutic
action than morphine.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
papaverine
n 1: an alkaloid medicine (trade name Kavrin) obtained from
opium; used to relax smooth muscles; it is nonaddictive
[syn: papaverine, Kavrin]