cantharidin
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cantharidin
[kan-thar´ĭ-din]the most active principle of cantharides, the dried Spanish fly, Lytta vesicatoria; preparations containing cantharidin are used topically as a vesicant to remove warts and lesions of molluscum contagiosum.
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can·thar·i·din
(kan-thar'i-din),The active principle of cantharis; the anhydride of cantharic acid.
Synonym(s): cantharis camphor
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cantharidin
(kăn-thăr′ĭ-dĭn)n.
A toxic compound, C10H12O4, that is found in blister beetles and is the active ingredient of Spanish fly.
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