senso

noun

sen·​so

ˈsen¦sō

plural -s

: a Chinese medicine for dropsy consisting essentially of the dried skin secretion of a native toad and apparently containing appreciable quantities of bufagin

Word History

Etymology

perhaps from Chinese shên⁴ kidneys, testes + su⁴ essence

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