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atropines

atropines is the plural 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).

Questions about atropines

What is atropines the plural of?
Atropines is the plural of atropine.

Words near atropines in the dictionary

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

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