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hyoscyamine

UK/ˌhʌɪ.ə(ʊ)ˈsʌɪ.ə.miːn/US/ˌhaɪ.əˈsaɪ.əˌmin/

hyoscyamine noun: a poisonous alkaloid present in henbane that is the stereoisomer of atropine, with similar properties to hyoscine, and used medicinally to treat abdominal pain and similar conditions.

Noun

hyoscyamine (uncountable)

  1. A poisonous alkaloid present in henbane that is the stereoisomer of atropine, with similar properties to hyoscine, and used medicinally to treat abdominal pain and similar conditions.
    • If only Creake was going to poison his wife with hyoscyamine and bury her, instead of blowing her up with a dynamite cartridge and claiming that it came in among the coal.1914, Ernest Bramah, Max Carrados

hyoscyamine meaning in Tamil

hyoscyamine in Tamil

அயோசியமீன்

Origin of hyoscyamine

From Latin hyoscyamus (“henbane”) + English -ine.

Questions about hyoscyamine

What does hyoscyamine mean?
Hyoscyamine means a poisonous alkaloid present in henbane that is the stereoisomer of atropine, with similar properties to hyoscine, and used medicinally to treat abdominal pain and similar conditions.
What is hyoscyamine in Tamil?
Hyoscyamine in Tamil is அயோசியமீன். See Hyoscyamine meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is hyoscyamine?
Hyoscyamine is a noun.
How do you pronounce hyoscyamine?
Hyoscyamine is pronounced /ˌhʌɪ.ə(ʊ)ˈsʌɪ.ə.miːn/ (UK).

Words near hyoscyamine in the dictionary

  1. hyosciamine
  2. hyoscine
  3. hyoscines
  4. hyoscyami
  5. hyoscyamin
  6. hyoscyamine
  7. hyoscyamines
  8. hyoscyamus
  9. hyoscyamuses
  10. hyoshigi
  11. hyosternal

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Adapted from Wiktionary: hyoscyamine (page history and authors); hyoscyamine (Tamil 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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