SCOPOLAMINE


Meaning of SCOPOLAMINE in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ skō-ˈpä-lə-ˌmēn, -mən ]

noun

Etymology: German Scopolamin, from New Latin Scopolia, genus of plants + German Amin amine

Date: 1892

: a poisonous alkaloid C 17 H 21 NO 4 similar to atropine that is found in various solanaceous plants and is used for its anticholinergic effects (as preventing nausea in motion sickness and inducing mydriasis) — called also hyoscine

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