Usually means: Bitter compound derived from aloe.
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General (13 matching dictionaries)
  1. aloin: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  2. aloin: Collins English Dictionary
  3. Aloin, aloin: Wordnik
  4. aloin: Wiktionary
  5. aloin: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  6. aloin: Infoplease Dictionary
  7. aloin: Dictionary.com
  8. Aloin: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  9. Aloin: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  10. aloin: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  11. Aloin: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  12. aloin: TheFreeDictionary.com
  13. aloin: FreeDictionary.org

Medicine (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. aloin: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
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  3. aloin: Medical dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (aloin)

noun:  (pharmacology) A glycoside derivative of anthracene, found in aloe, that is used as a laxative.

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