atropine

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Synonyms: tropine, atropin, propine, atrine, tropin, pteropine, aclopine, atrazine, atropia, atropism, atropidae

Antonyms: tropine, atropin, propine, atrine, tropin, pteropine, aclopine, atrazine, atropia, atropism, atropidae

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Noun

1. {{lb|en|poison|pharmaceutical drug}} An [[alkaloid]] extracted from the plant [[deadly nightshade]] ({{taxfmt|Atropa belladonna|species}}) 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 [[pupil]]s).

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