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scopolamine

/skuh-pol-uh-meen, -min, skoh-puh-lam-in/US // skəˈpɒl əˌmin, -mɪn, ˌskoʊ pəˈlæm ɪn //UK // (skəˈpɒləˌmiːn, -mɪn, ˌskəʊpəˈlæmɪn) //

东莨菪碱,山莨菪碱,东莨菪硷,莨菪碱

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n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    Pharmacology.

    • : a colorless, syrupy, water-soluble alkaloid, C17H21NO4, obtained from certain plants of the nightshade family, used chiefly as a sedative and mydriatic and to alleviate the symptoms of motion sickness.

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Examples

  • The patient was a very fat negress who had collapsed after the use of scopolamine.

  • Old solutions of scopolamine decompose and give rise to toxic substances.

  • Fonyo reported two fatal poisonings by the scopolamine-morphine method as used in surgery.

  • He used Merck's scopolamine at first, and later a solution made up after the formula of Straub of Freiburg, which is more stable.

  • The woman, however, after three doses of the scopolamine developed pulmonary edema.