atropine

English

Etymology

Atropa (“genus of deadly nightshade”) +‎ -ine

Pronunciation

(US) enPR: ă-trō-pēn IPA^(key): /æ-tɹo-pin/

Noun

atropine (plural atropines)

(toxicology, pharmacology) An alkaloid extracted from the plant deadly nightshade (Atropa belladonna) and other sources. 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

Esperanto: atropino
Finnish: atropiini (fi)
French: atropine (fr) f
German: Atropin n
Greek: ατροπίνη (el) f (atropíni)
Indonesian: atropina
Italian: atropina (it) f

Malay: atropina
Polish: atropina (pl) f
Portuguese: atropina f
Romanian: atropină (ro) f
Russian: атропи́н (ru) m (atropín)
Spanish: atropina f

Anagrams

apertion, operatin'

French

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /a.tʁɔ.pin/
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Noun

atropine f (uncountable)

(organic chemistry) atropine

Italian

Noun

atropine f

plural of atropina

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