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scopolamine

UK/skə(ʊ)ˈpɒl.ə.miːn/US/skoʊˈpɑl.əˌmiːn/

scopolamine noun: a poisonous alkaloid C₁₇H₂₁NO₄ similar to atropine that is found in various solanaceous plants and is used for its anticholinergic effects (such as preventing nausea in motion sickness and inducing mydriasis).

scopolamine: a poisonous alkaloid C₁₇H₂₁NO₄ similar to atropine that is found in various solanaceous plants and...
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Noun

scopolamine (countable and uncountable, plural scopolamines)

  1. A poisonous alkaloid C₁₇H₂₁NO₄ similar to atropine that is found in various solanaceous plants and is used for its anticholinergic effects (such as preventing nausea in motion sickness and inducing mydriasis).
    • I had been shot full of dope to keep me quiet. Perhaps scopolamine too, to make me talk.1940, Raymond Chandler, Farewell, My Lovely, Penguin, published 2010, page 176
    • The Incas had herbs for headaches and other pains; and they used scopolamine, a poison from the datura plant, as an anaesthetic.1997, Roy Porter, The Greatest Benefit to Mankind, Folio Society, published 2016, page 159
    Synonyms:
    devil's breath

scopolamine meaning in Tamil

scopolamine in Tamil

இஸ்கோப்பலமீன்

Synonyms of scopolamine

Forms of scopolamine

pluralscopolamines

Origin of scopolamine

Borrowed from German Skopolamin, from translingual Scopolia (“genus of plants”) + German Amin (“amine”).

Words formed from scopolamine

Questions about scopolamine

What does scopolamine mean?
Scopolamine means a poisonous alkaloid C₁₇H₂₁NO₄ similar to atropine that is found in various solanaceous plants and is used for its anticholinergic effects (such as preventing nausea in motion sickness and inducing mydriasis).
What is scopolamine in Tamil?
Scopolamine in Tamil is இஸ்கோப்பலமீன். See Scopolamine meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is scopolamine?
Scopolamine is a noun.
How do you pronounce scopolamine?
Scopolamine is pronounced /skə(ʊ)ˈpɒl.ə.miːn/ (UK).
What is the plural of scopolamine?
The plural of scopolamine is scopolamines.

Words near scopolamine in the dictionary

  1. scopings
  2. scopious
  3. scopist
  4. scopists
  5. scopol-
  6. scopolamine
  7. scopolamines
  8. scopoletin
  9. scopolin
  10. scopoline
  11. scopolines

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