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accredit (medicine)


accredit


1. To put or bring into credit; to invest with credit or authority; to sanction. "His censure will . . . Accredit his praises." (Cowper) "These reasons . . . Which accredit and fortify mine opinion." (Shelton)

2. To send with letters credential, as an ambassador, envoy, or diplomatic agent; to authorise, as a messenger or delegate. "Beton . . . Was accredited to the Court of France." (Froude)

3. To believe; to credit; to put trust in. "The version of early Roman history which was accredited in the fifth century." (Sir G. C. Lewis) "He accredited and repeated stories of apparitions and Witchcraft." (Southey)

4. To credit; to vouch for or consider (some one) as doing something, or (something) as belonging to some one. To accredit (one) with (something), to attribute something to him; as, Mr. Clay was accredited with these views; they accredit him with a wise saying.

Origin: F. Accrediter; a (L. Ad) + credit credit. See Credit.

Source: Websters Dictionary


galanthamine (medicine)


galanthamine
<chemical> A cholinesterase inhibitor. It has been used to reverse the muscular effects of gallamine and tubocurarine and has been studied as a treatment for alzheimer's disease and Other central nervous system disorders.

Pharmacological action: cholinesterase inhibitor, nootropic agents, parasympathomimetic.

Chemical name: Galanthamine