transcription, транскрипция: [ ˌhī-ə-ˈsī-ə-ˌmēn ]
noun
Etymology: German Hyoscyamin, from New Latin Hyoscyamus, genus of herbs, from Latin, henbane, from Greek hyoskyamos, literally, swine's bean, from hyos (genitive of hys swine) + kyamos bean — more at sow
Date: 1858
: a poisonous crystalline alkaloid C 17 H 23 NO 3 of which atropine is a racemic mixture ; especially : its levorotatory form found especially in the plants belladonna and henbane and used similarly to atropine