ATROPINE
Dictionary entry overview: What does atropine mean?
• ATROPINE (noun)
The noun ATROPINE has 1 sense:
1. a poisonous crystalline alkaloid extracted from the nightshade family; used as an antispasmodic and to dilate the eye pupil; also administered in large amounts as an antidote for organophosphate nerve agents or organophosphate insecticides
Familiarity information: ATROPINE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• ATROPINE (noun)
Meaning:
A poisonous crystalline alkaloid extracted from the nightshade family; used as an antispasmodic and to dilate the eye pupil; also administered in large amounts as an antidote for organophosphate nerve agents or organophosphate insecticides
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("atropine" is a kind of...):
antidote; counterpoison (a remedy that stops or controls the effects of a poison)
antispasmodic; antispasmodic agent; spasmolytic (a drug used to relieve or prevent spasms (especially of the smooth muscles))
mydriatic; mydriatic drug (a drug that causes the pupil of the eye to dilate; used to aid eye examinations)
alkaloid (natural bases containing nitrogen found in plants)
poison; poisonous substance; toxicant (any substance that causes injury or illness or death of a living organism)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "atropine"):
belladonna (an alkaloidal extract or tincture of the poisonous belladonna plant that is used medicinally)
