| Calabar bean |
dark brown highly poisonous seed of the calabar-bean vine; source of physostigmine and used in native witchcraft
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| Calabar b. |
1. Physostigma venenosum. 2. the poisonous seed of P. venenosum, which contains physostigmine and has been used by natives in ordeal trials. Called also ordeal b.
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| Calabar bean, edema (swellings) |
see under bean and edema.
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| Calabar e. |
Calabar swellings.
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| Calabar s.’s |
edematous areas, up to several centimeters in diameter, appearing suddenly on various portions of the body, and lasting only 2 or 3 days; fever, pruritus, and urticaria may occur. It is caused by infection with Loa loa. Called also Calabar edema.
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