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Definition of: santonin
(san′tə·nin) noun Chem.
A colorless crystalline poisonous compound, C15H18O3, contained in santonica: used in medicine as a vermifuge. Also san′to·nine (-nēn, -nin). [<F santonine <NL santon(ica) + -INE2]
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