HYOSCYAMINE


Meaning of HYOSCYAMINE in English

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

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