ibogaine
[ ih-boh-guh-een ]
/ ɪˈboʊ gəˌin /
noun Pharmacology.
an alkaloid, C20H26N2O, obtained from an African shrub, Tabernanthe iboga, having antidepressant and hallucinogenic properties.
Origin of ibogaine
< French
ibogaïne (1901) < New Latin
iboga the shrub's specific epithet (said to be < an indigenous language of the Congo) + French
-ine
-ine2
Words nearby ibogaine
ibn-khaldun,
ibn-rushd,
ibn-saud,
ibn-sina,
ibo,
ibogaine,
ibota privet,
ibr,
ibrahim pasha,
ibrd,
ibrik
Example sentences from the Web for ibogaine
Lotsof eventually took the drug to the Netherlands, where some of the first ibogaine clinics were born.
Ibogaine puts you in the middle of your struggle, in the middle of your pain.
The ibogaine ceremony begins when her heroin withdrawal reaches a breaking point.
Medical definitions for ibogaine
ibogaine
[ ĭ-bō′gə-ēn′, -ĭn ]
n.
A white powdery substance that can act as a hallucinogen, a memory stimulant, or a dopamine blocker that acts by stemming the craving for heroin and cocaine without causing dependency.