atropine
Meaning of atropine
noun
An alkaloid extracted from the plant deadly nightshade (Atropa belladonna) and other sources, such as the seeds of the Thorn-apple. 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).
Information about atropine
- It is a name.
- The plural form of atropine is: atropines.
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Hyphenation of atropine
at-ropine
- It consists of 2 syllables and 8 chars.
- atropine is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables
Anagrams of atropine
Words that rhyme with atropine
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