Scopolamine Definition

skə-pŏlə-mēn, -mĭn
noun
An alkaloid, C17H21NO4, 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.
Webster's New World
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Other Word Forms of Scopolamine

Noun

Singular:
scopolamine
Plural:
scopolamines

Origin of Scopolamine

  • New Latin Scopolia plant genus (after Giovanni Antonio Scopoli (1723–1788), Italian naturalist) –amine

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From German Skopolamin, corresponding to scopol- +"Ž amine.

    From Wiktionary

Scopolamine Sentence Examples

  • Efficacy of transdermal scopolamine was compared with oral dimenhydrinate and placebo.

  • Contact dermatitis precluded the use of transdermal scopolamine in 3 (4.4 %) subjects.

  • Longer trips may require a prescription medication called scopolamine available in the form of a skin patch or gel that is rubbed on the skin.

  • Vestibular nystagmus can be treated by diazepam or scopolamine.

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Words Starting With

SSCSCO

Words Ending With

ENEINE

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