n. a poisonous alkaloid found in deadly nightshade, used in medicine to treat renal and biliary colic etc.
[ mod.L Atropa belladonna deadly nightshade f. Gk Atropos inflexible, the name of one of the Fates ]
n. a poisonous alkaloid found in deadly nightshade, used in medicine to treat renal and biliary colic etc.
[ mod.L Atropa belladonna deadly nightshade f. Gk Atropos inflexible, the name of one of the Fates ]
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