atropine

Atropa (“genus of deadly nightshade”) +‎ -ine

• (US) enPR: ă-trō-pēn IPA^(key): /æ-tɹo-pin/

atropine (plural atropines)

1. (toxicology, pharmacology) An alkaloid extracted from the plant deadly nightshade (Atropa belladonna) and other sources. Though overdoses would be fatal it is used as a drug in medicine for its paralytic effects (e.g. in surgery to relax muscles, in dentistry to dry the mouth, in ophthalmology to dilate the pupils).

• atropinism
• atropinization
• methylatropine

• apertion, apritone, operatin'

• IPA^(key): /a.tʁɔ.pin/

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atropine f (uncountable)

1. (organic chemistry) atropine

atropine f

1. plural of atropina

• entropia
• operanti
• patinerò
• pianterò
• prenotai
• proteina
• ripetano