Associations to the word «Scopolamine»

Wiktionary

SCOPOLAMINE, noun. (pharmaceutical drug) A tropane alkaloid obtained from plants of the nightshade family, used as a sedative, to treat nausea and to dilate the pupils for ophthalmic examination.

Dictionary definition

SCOPOLAMINE, noun. An alkaloid with anticholinergic effects that is used as a sedative and to treat nausea and to dilate the pupils in ophthalmic procedures; "transdermal scopolamine is used to treat motion sickness"; "someone sedated with scopolamine has difficulty lying".

Wise words

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Nathaniel Hawthorne