/skeuh pol"euh meen', -min, skoh'peuh lam"in/ , n. Pharm.
a colorless, syrupy, water-soluble alkaloid, C 17 H 21 NO 4 , obtained from certain plants of the nightshade family, used chiefly as a sedative and mydriatic and to alleviate the symptoms of motion sickness. Also called hyoscine .
[ 1890-95; Scopol ( ia japonica ) Japanese belladonna (genus Scopolia named after G.A. Scopoli (1723-88), Italian naturalist; see -A 2 ) + AMINE ]