Definition of "apomorphine" []

• A poisonous white crystalline alkaloid, C17H17NO2, derived from morphine and used medicinally to induce vomiting. (noun)

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• "So after the use of a miraculous drug called apomorphine a teeny pill I dissolved under Suzie's eyelid, she heaved her guts up big-time."
• "Also being tested is a "dopamine agonist" called apomorphine, recently recommended for approval for use in men, which sends electrical impulses from the hypothalamus to the genitals to trigger increased blood flow."
• "Interestingly, Wistar rats that display a high susceptibility for the dopamine receptor agonist apomorphine, the so-called apomorphine-susceptible (APO-SUS) rats"