hyoscyamine

名词 n.
/ˌhʌɪ.ə(ʊ)ˈsʌɪ.ə.miːn/    /ˌhaɪ.əˈsaɪ.əˌmin/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A poisonous alkaloid present in henbane that is the stereoisomer of atropine, with similar properties to hyoscine, and used medicinally to treat abdominal pain and similar conditions. uncountable
    — If only Creake was going to poison his wife with hyoscyamine and bury her, instead of blowing her up with a dynamite cartridge and claiming that it came in among the coal.

词源

Etymology tree
Latin hyoscyamus
Proto-Indo-European *-nós
Proto-Indo-European *-iHnos
Proto-Italic *-īnos
Latin -īnusder.
Old French -inbor.
Middle English -in
English -ine
English hyoscyamine
From Latin hyoscyamus (“henbane”) + English -ine.
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