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alseroxylon (medicine) and ganch (medicine)


alseroxylon (medicine)


alseroxylon


A fat-soluble alkaloidal fraction extracted from the root of Rauwolfia serpentina, containing reserpine and Other nonadrenolytic amorphous alkaloids; used as a sedative in psychoses, in mild hypertension, and as an adjunct to more potent hypotensive drugs.


ganch (medicine)


ganch


To drop from a high place upon sharp stakes or hooks, as the Turks dropped malefactors, by way of punishment. "Ganching, which is to let fall from on high upon hooks, and there to hang until they die." (Sandys)

Origin: Cf. F. Ganche, also Sp. & Pg. Gancho hook, It. Gancio.

Source: Websters Dictionary