tropicamide
/trəʊˈpɪkəmʌɪd/Pharmacology
noun
A short-acting anticholinergic drug, used to produce dilatation of the pupil and cycloplegia during examination of the eye.
- Systematic name: N-ethyl-α-(hydroxymethyl)-N-(4-pyridinylmethyl)benzeneacetamide; C17H20N2O2..
Origin
1960s; earliest use found in Archives of Ophthalmology. From tropic + amide.
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