Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

ouabain

/ˈwɑːbeɪn/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.50 in modern English

Syllables: ouabain
IPA: /ˈwɑːbeɪn/

9

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

1

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A poisonous cardiac glycoside, g-strophanthin, found in the seeds of certain lianas.

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"In moderate dosage ouabain is used today to treat emergency heart failure; in excessive doses it makes the heart go crazy, pumping wildly until it collapses."

Etymology

From ouaba(io) + -in, after French ouabain, ultimately from Somali waabaayo, meaning "arrow poison".

Word Breakdown

Suffix: ouabaio

Usage

Inflected Forms

ouabains (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

ouabaio

Questions

How do you pronounce ouabain?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈwɑːbeɪn/.
What does ouabain mean?: A poisonous cardiac glycoside, g-strophanthin, found in the seeds of certain lianas.
Where does ouabain come from?: From ouaba(io) + -in, after French ouabain, ultimately from Somali waabaayo, meaning "arrow poison".

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