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Scopolamine

//skə(ʊ)ˈpɒl.ə.miːn// noun

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Noun
  1. 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). countable, uncountable

    "I had been shot full of dope to keep me quiet. Perhaps scopolamine too, to make me talk."

  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

Etymology

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

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