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Atropine

noun
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.





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"Atropine" Quotes from Famous Books



... changes the tone of your voice. Add to that two months of dieting in cell 24; exercises repeated a thousand times to enable me to hold my features in a certain grimace, to carry my head at a certain inclination, and adapt my back and shoulders to a stooping posture. Then five drops of atropine in the eyes to make them haggard and wild, ...
— The Extraordinary Adventures of Arsene Lupin, Gentleman-Burglar • Maurice Leblanc


Words linked to "Atropine" :   mydriatic drug, spasmolytic, belladonna, mydriatic, antidote, antispasmodic, counterpoison, antispasmodic agent, alkaloid, poison, toxicant, poisonous substance


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