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atropin

atropin is the alternative spelling of atropine.

Meaning of atropine

Noun

atropine (countable and uncountable, plural atropines)

  1. 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).

Forms of atropin

pluralatropins

Questions about atropin

What is atropin the alternative spelling of?
Atropin is the alternative spelling of atropine.

Words near atropin in the dictionary

  1. atrophodermia vermiculata
  2. atrophy
  3. atrophying
  4. atropia
  5. atropias
  6. atropin
  7. atropine
  8. atropines
  9. atropinic
  10. atropinise
  11. atropinism

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