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ergoline

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
er-go-line
IPA
9
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A tetracyclic heterocycle whose structural skeleton is contained in a diverse range of alkaloids, including some psychedelic drugs, and whose derivatives are used clinically for vasoconstriction and in the treatment of migraine and Parkinson's disease.

Countable; Uncountable

Usage

Inflected Forms

ergolines (plural)

Derived Forms

cabergoline cianergoline ergolinic nonergoline

Phrases

-golide

Frequently Paired Words

ergotism

Questions

What does ergoline mean?
A tetracyclic heterocycle whose structural skeleton is contained in a diverse range of alkaloids, including some psychedelic drugs, and whose derivatives are used clinically for vasoconstriction and in the treatment of migraine and Parkinson's disease.

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