scopolamine
sco·po·la·mine
noun
1.
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”
Origin
Borrowed from German Skopolamin, from translingual Scopolia (“genus of plants”) + German Amin (“amine”).
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