atropine

名词 n.
中文释义
英 /ˈa.tɹə.piːn/|/ˈa.tɹəp.ɪn/    美 /ˈæ.tɹəˌpin/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. An alkaloid extracted from the plant deadly nightshade (Atropa belladonna) and other sources, such as the seeds of the thorn-apple. Though overdoses would be fatal it is used as a drug in medicine for its paralytic effects (e.g. in surgery to relax muscles, in dentistry to dry the mouth, in ophthalmology to dilate the pupils). countable,uncountable

词形变化

atropines plural atropia alternative,dated

词源

Etymology tree
Latin Atropa
Proto-Indo-European *-nós
Proto-Indo-European *-iHnos
Proto-Italic *-īnos
Latin -īnusder.
Old French -inbor.
Middle English -in
English -ine
English atropine
From Latin Atropa (“genus of deadly nightshade”) + English -ine.
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