physostigmine

English Thesaurus

1. used in treatment of Alzheimer's disease and glaucoma (noun.plant)

hypernym	:	alkaloid,
definition	:	natural bases containing nitrogen found in plants (noun.substance)

substance meronym	:	medicament, medication, medicinal drug, medicine,
definition	:	(medicine) something that treats or prevents or alleviates the symptoms of disease (noun.artifact)