Hyoscine

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Scopolamine. countable, uncountable

    "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."

  2. 2
    an alkaloid with anticholinergic effects that is used as a sedative and to treat nausea and to dilate the pupils in ophthalmic procedures wordnet

Synonyms

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scopolaminescopolamine

Example

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"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."

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ὑοσκύαμος (huoskúamos, “henbane”) + -ine.

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