nasrol

English

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) Perhaps from Na chemical symbol and an abbreviation for symphorol?

Noun

nasrol (uncountable)

1. (organic chemistry, dated) sodium symphorol
   • 1894, George Frederick Shrady, Thomas Lathrop Stedman, Medical Record, volume 45, page 31:

     Experiments with nasrol (sodium caffeine-sulphonate), however, showed that this combination did not excite the vascular nervous system […]

   • 1897, David Cerna, Notes on the Newer Remedies:

     Nasrol can be given in daily doses […]

Anagrams

• Larson, Rolans