penicillamine

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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun penicillamine has 1 sense

penicillamine(n = noun.artifact) cuprimine - a drug (trade name Cuprimine) used to treat heavy metal poisoning and Wilson's disease and severe arthritis;

is a kind of medicament, medication, medicinal drug, medicine

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CIDE DICTIONARY

penicillamine, n.

A substance (C5H11NO2S) which is a degradation product of the penicillins. Chemically it is 3-mercapto-D-valine. It has chelating properties and is used in medicine as an antirheumatic and to chelate copper in cases of hepatolenticular degeneration (Wilson's disease). [PJC]