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benzatropine

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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  • General-American: /bɛnˈzæ.tɹəˌpin/

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noun

Meaning 1

An anticholinergic drug administered in the form of its mesylate C21H25NO·CH4O3S especially to treat the symptoms of Parkinson's disease (as tremors, spasms, or muscle weakness) or similar symptoms caused as side effects of other drugs (as phenothiazine derivatives).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Topics: medicine, pharmacology, sciences

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History

Etymology

From benz(hydryl) + atropine.