See Also: santonin(medicine)
alpha-santonin-1,2-reductase(medicine)

manslaughter (iou) and santonin (medicine)


manslaughter (iou)



manslaughter noun & verb. ME.
[from MAN noun + SLAUGHTER noun.]
A. noun.
The killing of a human being by a human being; (esp. criminal) homicide, murder. ME-E17.
The slaughtering of human beings; destruction of human life. ME.
Law. The unlawful killing of a human being in circumstances not amounting to murder; criminal homicide without malice aforethought. ME.
b. verb.
verb intrans. Slaughter human beings. Chiefly as manslaughtering ppl adjective & verbal noun. E18.
verb trans. Kill (a person) without malice aforethought. colloq. E20.
manslaughterer noun (a) a person who slaughters human beings; (b) a person who commits manslaughter: M19.
manslaughterous adjective L19.

santonin (medicine)


santonin
<chemistry> A white crystalline substance having a bitter taste, extracted from the buds of levant wormseed and used as an anthelmintic. It occassions a peculiar temporary colour blindness, causing objects to appear as if seen through a yellow glass.

Origin: L. Herba santonica, a kind of plant, fr. Santoni a people of Aquitania; cf. Gr., cf. F. Santonine.

Source: Websters Dictionary