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单词 tropine
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tropine

[ troh-peen, -pin ]
/ ˈtroʊ pin, -pɪn /

noun Chemistry.

a white, crystalline, hygroscopic, water-soluble, poisonous alkaloid, C8H15NO, obtained chiefly by the hydrolysis of atropine or hyoscyamine.

Origin of tropine

First recorded in 1880–85; aphetic variant of atropine

Words nearby tropine

tropical typhus, tropical year, tropic bird, Tropic of Cancer, Tropic of Capricorn, tropine, tropism, tropo-, tropocollagen, tropology, tropomyosin
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Example sentences from the Web for tropine

  • Before my researches nothing was known of the constitution of tropine.

    Scientific American Supplement, No. 324, March 18, 1882|Various

  • On the other hand, by heating tropic acid and tropine together, atropine is regenerated.

    Poisons: Their Effects and Detection|Alexander Wynter Blyth

  • In addition to the types of compounds enumerated above we may also notice purin, tropine and the terpenes.

    Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 1|Various

British Dictionary definitions for tropine

tropine
/ (ˈtrəʊpiːn, -pɪn) /

noun

a white crystalline poisonous hygroscopic alkaloid obtained by heating atropine or hyoscyamine with barium hydroxide. Formula: C 8 H 15 NO

Word Origin for tropine

C19: shortened from atropine
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Medical definitions for tropine

tropine
[ trō′pēn′, -pĭn ]

n.

A white, crystalline, poisonous alkaloid obtained chiefly by hydrolysis of atropine.
The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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