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SCOPOLAMINE
scopolamine, hyoscine
(noun) an alkaloid with anticholinergic effects that is used as a sedative and to treat nausea and to dilate the pupils in ophthalmic procedures; “transdermal scopolamine is used to treat motion sickness”; “someone sedated with scopolamine has difficulty lying”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
scopolamine (countable and uncountable, plural scopolamines)
(pharmaceutical drug) A tropane alkaloid obtained from plants of the nightshade family, used as a sedative, to treat nausea and to dilate the pupils for ophthalmic examination.
Source: Wiktionary
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(noun) infestation with slender threadlike roundworms (filaria) deposited under the skin by the bite of black fleas; when the eyes are involved it can result in blindness; common in Africa and tropical America
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