Papaverine

papaverine /pa·pav·er·ine/ (pah-pav´er-in) a smooth muscle relaxant and vasodilator used as the hydrochloride salt to relieve arterial spasms causing cerebral, peripheral, or myocardial ischemia and also injected into the penis in the diagnosis and treatment of erectile dysfunction.

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pa·pav·er·ine (p-pv-rn, -r-n)

n.

A nonaddictive opium derivative used medicinally to relieve spasms of smooth muscle.

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Papaverine

A smooth muscle relaxant sometimes injected into the penis as a treatment for impotence.

Mentioned in: Impotence

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papaverine

an alkaloid obtained from opium and prepared synthetically; the hydrochloride salt is used as a smooth muscle relaxant.