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A liquid or other substance purified by straining; that which has been subjected to straining. [Lat., colatura.] colchicein (kol-chis-e'in). A substance, C17H21NO5 + 2H2O, obtained by the decomposition of an aqueous solution of colchicin, and found in the acetic extract of colchicum. Its medicinal properties are like those of colchicin. colchicin (kol'chis-in). The active principle of colchicum; an alkaloid, C17H19NO5. Colchicum (kol'chi-kum). 1. A genus of liliaceous plants. 2. C, autumn ale. List of poisons and their antidotes, see in appendix, page 938. bulb us colchici, colchici cormus. See c. corm [U. S. Ph., Br. Ph.], C. autumn ale. Common meadow saffron. The ordinary corm (bulb or root), seeds, and flowers are used medicinally. See c. corm and c. seeds. The plant is the c. of the pharmacopeias and is chiefly used in gout and rheumatism. C. communis. See C. autumn ale. c. corm. It contains a larger proportion of colchicin than the other parts of the plant and hence is more active medicinally [U. S. Ph., Br. Ph.]. c. root. See c. corm. c. seed [U. S. Ph.]. c. seeds [Br. Ph.]. The seeds of C. autumn ale. They contain but a small amount of colchicin and hence are inferior medicinally to the bulb of the plant. extractum colchici corm i [U. S. Ph.]. Syn.: extractum colchici ■ [Br. Ph.], Acetic extract of C., extract of c. corm, having 1.4 per cent, of alkaloids [U. S. Ph.]. extractum colchici radicis fluidum. Fluidextract of c. corm [U. S. Ph., 1890]. extractum colchici seminis fluidum. Fluidextract of C. seed [U. S. Ph., 1890]. tinctura colchici seminis [U. S. Ph., 1890]. Syn.: tinctura colchici [Br. Ph.]. Tincture of c. (or of c. seeds). A preparation containing 0.04 per cent, of c. corm or 10 per cent, of c. seed. [Gr., kolchikon.l