atropine
English
Alternative forms
- atropia (dated)
Etymology
From Latin Atropa (“genus of deadly nightshade”) + -ine.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈa.tɹə.piːn/, /ˈa.tɹəp.ɪn/
Audio (Southern England): (file) - (General American) IPA(key): /ˈæ.tɹəˌpin/
Noun
atropine (countable and uncountable, plural atropines)
- (toxicology, pharmacology) An alkaloid extracted from the plant deadly nightshade (Atropa belladonna) and other sources, such as the seeds of the thorn-apple. Though overdoses would be fatal it is used as a drug in medicine for its paralytic effects (e.g. in surgery to relax muscles, in dentistry to dry the mouth, in ophthalmology to dilate the pupils).
Derived terms
Translations
alkaloid extracted from the plant deadly nightshade
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Anagrams
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /a.tʁɔ.pin/
Audio (Paris): (file) Audio: (file)
Noun
atropine f (uncountable)
Further reading
- “atropine”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Italian
Noun
atropine f
- plural of atropina