atropine

/a-truh-peen, -pin/US // ˈæ trəˌpin, -pɪn //UK // (ˈætrəˌpiːn, -pɪn) //

阿托品,麻醉剂

Definitions

n.名词 noun

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Pharmacology.
- : a poisonous crystalline alkaloid, C17H23NO3, obtained from belladonna and other plants of the nightshade family, that prevents the response of various body structures to certain types of nerve stimulation: used chiefly to relieve spasms, to lessen secretions, and, topically, to dilate the pupil of the eye.

Victims were treated with atropine, which was somewhat successful in combatting the symptoms.
In 1832 Robiquet discovered codeine; and in 1833 atropine, aconitine, and hyoscyamine were distinguished by Geiger and Hesse.
Atropine can be formed by uniting tropine and tropic acid, the two decomposition products already noted.
Visual acuteness on both sides 5/12, the left slightly better than the right; emmetropia in mydriasis by atropine.
If there be a tendency to convergence, glasses should be worn and atropine used.
Other salts of Atropine are not described because used substantially like the above.