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atropine Chem. and Med.|ˈætrəʊpaɪn|
Also atropin.
[f. atropa deadly nightshade, f. Gr. ἄτροπος ‘inflexible,’ name of one of the Fates.]
a. A poisonous alkaloid found in the Deadly Nightshade and the seeds of the Thorn-apple. atropia |əˈtrəʊpɪə|, synonym of prec. atropic |əˈtrɒpɪk|, a., of or pertaining to atropine, as in atropic acid. atropinism |ˈætrəʊpɪˌnɪz(ə)m| = atropism. ˈatropiˌnized, ppl. a., poisoned by atropine. atropism |ˈætrəʊpɪz(ə)m|, poisoning by atropine.
1836R. D. & T. Thomson Records of General Sci. IV. 149 *Atropin may be obtained in a crystalline state by dissolving it in the smallest possible quantity of boiling water. 1842T. Graham Elem. Chem. iii. ix. §4. 982 Atropine, in all parts of Atropa Belladonna..possesses the power to dilate the pupil of the eye. 1877H. E. H. King Discip., Ruffini (ed. 3) 19 The deadly drops of atropine Are mixed into the water and the wine. 1908Practitioner Mar. 364 Atropin should be instilled into the eye to dilate the pupil. 1927Haldane & Huxley Animal Biol. ix. 198 Stimulating substances, such as atropin, caffein, etc.
1835Penny Cycl. III. 50/1 *Atropia is insoluble in cold water.
1863Watts. Dict. Chem. I. 474 *Atropic acid..is said to resemble benzoic acid in form and volatility.
1876Bartholow Mat. Med. (1879) 311 The remarkable similarity in the symptoms of *atropinism and of scarlatina.
1875H. Wood Therap. 243 *Atropinized animals.
b. attrib. and Comb.
1879St. George's Hosp. Rep. IX. 477, I prescribed atropine drops. 1920Chambers's Jrnl. 11 Sept. 654/1 In England atropine-poisoning is mostly accidental. |