See Also: THIP(medicine)

finocchio (iou) and THIP (medicine)


finocchio (iou)



finocchio noun. Also finochio. E18.
[Italian from popular Latin var. of Latin faeniculum: see FENNEL.]
A form of fennel with swollen leaf-bases, Foeniculum vulgare var. azoricum, eaten as a vegetable.

THIP (medicine)


THIP
Alpha-(4,5,6,7-tetrahydroisoxazolo[5,4-c] pyridin-3-ol;an agonist at gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA) type A receptors. Unlike Other agonists of this type, upon systemic administration THIP penetrates the blood-brain barrier and is used as a pharmacological tool to explore GABA receptor function in the brain and spinal cord.