atropine
/ˈa.tɹə.piːn/US/ˈæ.tɹəˌpin/
atropine noun: 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).
Noun
atropine (countable and uncountable, plural atropines)
- 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).
atropine meaning in Tamil, Bengali, Arabic and Malay
atropine in Tamil
- அத்திரோபீன், நச்சுக்கார வகை
atropine in Bengali
- অ্যাট্রোপিন
atropine in Arabic
- alkaloid extracted from the plant deadly nightshade
- أَتْرُوبِن ʔatrūbin
atropine in Malay
- alkaloid extracted from the plant deadly nightshade
- atropina
More languagesFewer languages
- atropine in Indonesian
- atropina
Examples of atropine in a sentence
- Similar to parasympathetically mediated HR-slowing, Fingolimod-related HR-slowing is reversed by atropine or mitigated by alpha 1-receptor-agonists.
- Inhibition by a nonageable phosphinate produces cholinergic toxicity, treatable with atropine and 2-PAM.
- (b) Mydriatrics are those which dilate the pupil e.g., atropine and adrenaline.
Forms of atropine
| plural | atropines |
|---|---|
| alternative form (dated) | atropia |
Origin of atropine
From Latin Atropa (“genus of deadly nightshade”) + English -ine.
Words formed from atropine
Questions about atropine
- What does atropine mean?
- Atropine means 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).
- What is atropine in Tamil?
- Atropine in Tamil is அத்திரோபீன், நச்சுக்கார வகை. See Atropine meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is atropine?
- Atropine is a noun.
- How do you pronounce atropine?
- Atropine is pronounced /ˈa.tɹə.piːn/ (UK).
- What is the plural of atropine?
- The plural of atropine is atropines.
Words near atropine in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: atropine (page history and authors); atropine (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); atropine (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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