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scopolamine

(skō päl′ə mēn′, -min)

noun

an alkaloid, CHNO, obtained from various plants of the nightshade family, as belladonna, and used in medicine as a sedative or hypnotic, and sometimes with morphine to relieve pain

Origin: Ger scopolamin < ModL Scopolia, genus of plants in which the alkaloid appears (after G. A. Scopoli (1723-88), of Pavia, Italy) + Ger amin, amine

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noun

A thick, syrupy, colorless alkaloid, C₁₇H₂₁NO₄, extracted from plants such as henbane and used primarily as a mydriatic and sedative, and to treat nausea and prevent motion sickness. Also called hyoscine.

Origin:

Origin: New Latin Scopolia, plant genus (after Giovanni Antonio Scopoli (1723-1788), Italian naturalist)

Origin: + -amine

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