penicillamine

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

penicillamine
    n 1: a drug (trade name Cuprimine) used to treat heavy metal
         poisoning and Wilson's disease and severe arthritis [syn:
         {penicillamine}, {Cuprimine}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Penicillamine \Pen`i*cil"lam*ine\, n. (Chem., Med.)
   A substance ({C5H11NO2S}) which is a degradation product of
   the penicillins. Chemically it is 3-mercapto-D-valine. It has
   chelating properties and is used in medicine as an
   antirheumatic and to chelate copper in cases of
   hepatolenticular degeneration (Wilson's disease).
   [PJC]