atropinen.
/ˈatrəʊpʌɪn/ Chemistry and Medicine.
A poisonous alkaloid found in the Deadly Nightshade and the seeds of the Thorn-apple.
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the world > matter > chemistry > organic chemistry > alkaloids > [noun] > atropine
atropia1835
atropine1836
the world > health and disease > healing > medicines or physic > medical preparations of specific origin > medicine composed of a plant > [noun] > alkaloids
belladonna1788
bebeerine1851
sparteine1851
physostigmine1864
bebeeria1874
pilocarpine1875
hydrastine1876
atropine1877
eserine1879
homatropine1880
ergocryptine1944
1836 Rec. Gen. Sci. 4 149 Atropin may be obtained in a crystalline state by dissolving it in the smallest possible quantity of boiling water.
1842 T. Graham Elements Chem. iii. ix. 982 Atropine, in all parts of Atropa belladonna..possesses the power to dilate the pupil of the eye.
1877 H. E. H. King Disciples: Ruffini (ed. 3) 19 The deadly drops of atropine Are mixed into the water and the wine.
1908 Practitioner Mar. 364 Atropin should be instilled into the eye to dilate the pupil.
1927 J. B. S. Haldane & J. S. Huxley Animal Biol. ix. 198 Stimulating substances, such as atropin, caffein, etc.
Compounds
attributive and in other combinations.
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1879 St. George's Hosp. Rep. 9 477 I prescribed atropine drops.
1920 Chambers's Jrnl. 11 Sept. 654/1 In England atropine-poisoning is mostly accidental.
Derivatives
atropia n. /əˈtrəʊpɪə/ synonym of atropine.
/əˈtrəʊpɪə/ synonym of atropine.ΘΚΠ
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atropia1835
atropine1836
1835 Penny Cycl. III. 50/1 Atropia is insoluble in cold water.
atropic adj. /əˈtrɒpɪk/ of or pertaining to atropine, as in atropic acid.
/əˈtrɒpɪk/ of or pertaining to atropine, as in atropic acid.ΚΠ
1863 H. Watts Dict. Chem. I. 474 Atropic acid..is said to resemble benzoic acid in form and volatility.
atropinism n. /ˈætrəʊpɪˌnɪz(ə)m/ = atropism n.
/ˈætrəʊpɪˌnɪz(ə)m/ = atropism n.ΘΚΠ
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alcoholism1848
quinism1851
narcotization1853
cinchonism1857
bromism1867
atropinism1876
atropinization1880
bromization1881
caffeism1886
caffeinism1889
nicotinism1892
nicotism1899
1876 R. Bartholow Pract. Treat. Materia Med. ii. 285 The remarkable similarity in the symptoms of atropinism and of scarlatina.
ˈatropiˌnized adj. poisoned by atropine.
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atropinized1874
1874 H. C. Wood Treat. Therapeutics 243 Atropinized animals.
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atropism n. /ˈætrəʊpɪz(ə)m/ poisoning by atropine.
/ˈætrəʊpɪz(ə)m/ poisoning by atropine.This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1885; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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