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hyoscine

hyoscine noun: an oily alakoid liquid, formerly used as a sedative; scopolamine.

Noun

hyoscine (countable and uncountable, plural hyoscines)

  1. An oily alakoid liquid, formerly used as a sedative; scopolamine.
    • To give such a patient an injection of hyoscine […] is, as Dr. Stoddart points out, “a refined substitute for hitting him on the head with a club.”1921, Montagu Lomax, The Experiences of an Asylum Doctor, Allen & Unwin, page 96
    • I was so excited I forgot about the hyoscine pills and only remembered to take them as we were stepping up the mobile staircase onto the aircraft.2023, Martin MacInnes, In Ascension, Atlantic Books, page 242

hyoscine meaning in Tamil

hyoscine in Tamil

அயோசீன்

Forms of hyoscine

pluralhyoscines

Origin of hyoscine

From hyosc(yamus) + -ine.

Words formed from hyoscine

Questions about hyoscine

What does hyoscine mean?
Hyoscine means an oily alakoid liquid, formerly used as a sedative; scopolamine.
What is hyoscine in Tamil?
Hyoscine in Tamil is அயோசீன். See Hyoscine meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is hyoscine?
Hyoscine is a noun.
What is the plural of hyoscine?
The plural of hyoscine is hyoscines.

Words near hyoscine in the dictionary

  1. hyoplastron
  2. hyoplastrons
  3. hyopsodontid
  4. hyopsodontids
  5. hyosciamine
  6. hyoscine
  7. hyoscines
  8. hyoscyami
  9. hyoscyamin
  10. hyoscyamine
  11. hyoscyamines

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