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Vinony

atropine

noun

  1. racemic mixture
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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /ˈa.tɹə.piːn/ / /ˈa.tɹəp.ɪn/ / /ˈæ.tɹəˌpin/

noun

Etymology: Etymology tree Latin Atropa Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Indo-European *-iHnos Proto-Italic *-īnos Latin -īnusder. Old French -inbor. Middle English -in English -ine English atropine From Latin Atropa (“genus of deadly nightshade”) + English -ine.

  1. 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).