Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun An alkaloid drug, C17H21NO4, extracted from plants such as henbane and used primarily to treat motion sickness and nausea and to dilate the pupil.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A difficultly crystallizable alkaloid, C17H21NO4 + H2O, obtained from Scopolina carniolica, S. Japonica, Duboisia myoporoides, Atropa Belladonna, Datura Stramonium, and other plants of the Solanaceæ: identical with hyoscine. The hydrobromide is most used. It is a soporific and anesthetic.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun pharmacology A
tropane alkaloid obtained from plants of thenightshade family, used as asedative , to treatnausea and todilate thepupils forophthalmic examination .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun an alkaloid with anticholinergic effects that is used as a sedative and to treat nausea and to dilate the pupils in ophthalmic procedures
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Another possibility is a drug called scopolamine, which is used to prevent seasickness.
News 2012
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The US have begun to get feedback on the use of this drug: addicts are mixing it with low-grade morphine and, in a number of cases, scopolamine, which is used for motion sickness.
Deadly Intent Lynda La Plante 2008
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The US have begun to get feedback on the use of this drug: addicts are mixing it with low-grade morphine and, in a number of cases, scopolamine, which is used for motion sickness.
Deadly Intent Lynda La Plante 2008
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The US have begun to get feedback on the use of this drug: addicts are mixing it with low-grade morphine and, in a number of cases, scopolamine, which is used for motion sickness.
Deadly Intent Lynda La Plante 2008
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Hyoscine (also known as scopolamine) is a widely used medicine for the treatment of motion sickness.
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Hyoscine (also known as scopolamine) is a widely used medicine for the treatment of motion sickness.
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Hyoscine (also known as scopolamine) is a widely used medicine for the treatment of motion sickness.
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Hyoscine (also known as scopolamine) is a widely used medicine for the treatment of motion sickness.
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Hyoscine (also known as scopolamine) is a widely used medicine for the treatment of motion sickness.
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Hyoscine (also known as scopolamine) is a widely used medicine for the treatment of motion sickness.
chained_bear commented on the word scopolamine
See twilight sleep.
April 18, 2009