atropine en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /ˈa.tɹə.piːn/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- /ˈæ.tɹəˌpin/ (General-American)
- (Southern-England) audio
- /ˈa.tɹəp.ɪn/ (Received-Pronunciation)
Etymology
From Latin Atropa (“genus of deadly nightshade”) + English -ine.
Meanings
- (countable, uncountable) 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).
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| atropia | alternative, dated | lexicographic | |
| atropines | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
revatropate · trop- · homatropine · -trop- · atropinism · atropinize · atropinic · benzatropine · atropism · methylatropine · ipratropium · atropinization · apoatropine · octatropine
Translations (17)
fr atropine (alkaloid extracted from the plant deadly nightshade) · de Atropin (alkaloid extracted from the plant deadly nightshade) · sv atropin (alkaloid extracted from the plant deadly nightshade) · fi atropiini (alkaloid extracted from the plant deadly nightshade) · id atropina (alkaloid extracted from the plant deadly nightshade) · ar أَتْرُوبِن (alkaloid extracted from the plant deadly nightshade) · el ατροπίνη (alkaloid extracted from the plant deadly nightshade) · ca atropina (alkaloid extracted from the plant deadly nightshade) · ms atropina (alkaloid extracted from the plant deadly nightshade) · pl atropina (alkaloid extracted from the plant deadly nightshade) · ro atropină (alkaloid extracted from the plant deadly nightshade) · pt atropina (alkaloid extracted from the plant deadly nightshade) · es atropina (alkaloid extracted from the plant deadly nightshade) · cmn 阿托品 (alkaloid extracted from the plant deadly nightshade) · it atropina (alkaloid extracted from the plant deadly nightshade) · eo atropino (alkaloid extracted from the plant deadly nightshade) · ru атропи́н (alkaloid extracted from the plant deadly nightshade)