atropine

== English == === Alternative forms === atropia (dated) === Etymology === From Latin Atropa (“genus of deadly nightshade”) + English -ine. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈa.tɹə.piːn/, /ˈa.tɹəp.ɪn/ (General American) IPA(key): /ˈæ.tɹəˌpin/ === Noun === atropine (countable and uncountable, plural atropines) (toxicology, pharmacology) 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). ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Anagrams === apertion, apritone, entropia, operatin' == French == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /a.tʁɔ.pin/ === Noun === atropine f (uncountable) (organic chemistry) atropine === Further reading === “atropine”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 == Italian == === Noun === atropine f plural of atropina === Anagrams === Partenio, entropia, operanti, paretoni, partenio, paterino, patinerò, pianterò, prenotai, pritaneo, proteina, ripetano