neostigmine

[ nee-oh-stig-meen, -min ]

nounPharmacology.
  1. a synthetic anticholinesterase, C12H19N2O2, used in the treatment of myasthenia gravis, glaucoma, and postoperative urinary bladder distention.

Origin of neostigmine

1
1940–45; neo- + -stigmine (after Prostigmin; see -ine2)

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