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noun
A poisonous alkaloid C17H21NO4 similar to atropine that is found in various solanaceous plants and is used for its anticholinergic effects (such as preventing nausea in motion sickness and inducing mydriasis).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: medicine, pharmacology, sciences
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: devil's breath
Antonyms: none provided
noun
an alkaloid with anticholinergic effects that is used as a sedative and to treat nausea and to dilate the pupils in ophthalmic procedures
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: hyoscine
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: alkaloid
History
Borrowed from German Skopolamin, from translingual Scopolia (“genus of plants”) + German Amin (“amine”).
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7 source translations are retained for this English entry.
