scopolamine

scopolamine
noun Etymology: German Scopolamin, from New Latin Scopolia, genus of plants + German Amin amine Date: 1892 a poisonous alkaloid C17H21NO4 similar to atropine that is found in various solanaceous plants and is used for its anticholinergic effects (as preventing nausea in motion sickness and inducing mydriasis) — called also hyoscine

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