atropine
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English[edit]
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Etymology[edit]
From Latin Atropa (“genus of deadly nightshade”) + -ine.
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈa.tɹə.piːn/, /ˈa.tɹəp.ɪn/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈæ.tɹəˌpin/
Noun[edit]
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).
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Translations[edit]
alkaloid extracted from the plant deadly nightshade
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French[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
atropine f (uncountable)
Further reading[edit]
- “atropine”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Italian[edit]
Noun[edit]
atropine f
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