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| Calabar bean | The dried seed of Physostigma venenosum (family Leguminosae), a vine of western Africa; it contains the alkaloids physostigmine (eserine), eseramine, eseridine (geneserine) and physovenine; in toxic doses it causes vomiting, colic, salivation, diarrhoea, convulsions, sweating, dyspnea, vertigo, slow pulse, and extreme prostration. Synonym: Calabar bean, ordeal bean. Origin: G. Physa, bellows, + stigma, a mark, spot; so called because of the shape of the stigma (05 Mar 2000) |
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| Calabar swelling | A parasitic infection caused by the nematode loa loa. The vector in the transmission of this infection is the horsefly (tabanus) or the deerfly or mango fly (chrysops). The larvae may be seen just beneath the skin or passing through the conjunctiva. Eye lesions are not uncommon. The disease is generally mild and painless. (12 Dec 1998) |
| 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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| calabar | dark brown highly poisonous seed of the calabar-bean vine |
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| calabar | tropical African woody vine yielding calabar beans |
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