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atropine

atropine

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Poisonous drug from the nightshade plant used to widen the pupils and treat some poisonings
  • noun
  • /ˈætrəˌpin/
  • Specialized
: atropina
  • The doctor administered atropine to dilate the patient's pupils for the eye exam.
  • intravenous atropine
  • atropine and propranolol

Examples

  • However, there was no difference in pulse rate between the two times after exposure to either atropine or propranolol.

    Academic text (1992)

  • Get four mgs atropine ready.

    The Poseidon Adventure (2005)

  • - Tell 'em to take the atropine, now.

    The Rock (1996)

  • - An atropine injection, Sister?

    A Matter of Life and Death (1946)

  • - Get me 4mg of atropine ready.

    Flatliners (1990)

  • - Some atropine and some epi.

    The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (2006)

  • Well, what about countering with atropine?

    Planet Terror (2007)

  • In cases of poisoning by Digitalis, with a very slow and irregular pulse, the administration of Atropine is generally all that is necessary.

    Blog text (19)

  • Let's give him a milligram of atropine i.V. And get ready to insert a pacemaker.

    Article 99 (1992)

  • Belladonna is a most valuable plant in the treatment of eye diseases, atropine, obtained during extraction, being its most important constituent on account of its power of dilating the pupil.

    Blog text (19)

Surface Forms

atropine singular
atropines plural

Etymology

Atropine comes from the plant name Atropa, which was named after the Greek fate Atropos, who was said to 'cut the thread of life', because the plant is poisonous. So, atropine is a strong drug from the nightshade family used to make the pupil bigger and to treat some poisonings.