bryonia bri-o'ni-ah)

[G. bryone.] (N.F.) The dried root of Bryonia alba or B. dioica, vines of the family Cucurbitacem, employed in dyspepsia, constipation, and pleurisy, in doses of gr. S-20 (0.3-1.3); of the N.P. tincture the dose is 5i (40).