How Do You Spell OUABAIN?

Pronunciation: [wˈɑːbe͡ɪn] (IPA)

The spelling of the word "Ouabain" may seem unusual, but it is phonetically accurate. In IPA phonetic transcription, "ou" represents the sound /uː/ as in "food." "A" represents the sound /æ/ as in "cat" while "bain" is pronounced as /beɪn/. Therefore, "Ouabain" is pronounced as /wuːˈbeɪn/. This word is a type of cardiac glycoside found in the African plant Strophanthus gratus which is used to treat heart failure and irregular heartbeats.

OUABAIN Meaning and Definition

1. A glucoside from the root of ouabaio, Acocanthera Schimperi, an African arrow poison; it is a local anesthetic and heart poison.

   A practical medical dictionary. By Stedman, Thomas Lathrop. Published 1920.

Common Misspellings for OUABAIN

• Ouabine
• iuabain
• kuabain
• luabain
• puabain
• 0uabain
• 9uabain
• oyabain
• ohabain
• ojabain
• oiabain
• o8abain
• o7abain
• ouzbain
• ousbain
• ouwbain
• ouqbain
• ouavain
• ouanain
• ouahain

Etymology of OUABAIN

The word "ouabain" is derived from the plant genus Strophanthus, more specifically the species Strophanthus gratus, also known as "ouabaio" in its native West Africa. The term "ouabain" was coined by French pharmacist and botanist Armand Gautier in 1865 when he isolated a substance from the seeds of Strophanthus gratus, which he named "ouabain". The word itself is believed to originate from the Bantu language, specifically from the Mʊlgwe people of Cameroon, where "gwe" means "egg" and "oua" refers to an herbal infusion. The name "ouabaio" was also used to describe the plant itself and later adopted for the cardiac glycoside compound isolated from it.

Plural form of OUABAIN is OUABAINS