ATROPINE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does atropine mean? 

• ATROPINE (noun)
  The noun ATROPINE has 1 sense:

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

  Familiarity information: ATROPINE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ATROPINE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("atropine" is a kind of...):

antidote; counterpoison (a remedy that stops or controls the effects of a poison)

antispasmodic; antispasmodic agent; spasmolytic (a drug used to relieve or prevent spasms (especially of the smooth muscles))

mydriatic; mydriatic drug (a drug that causes the pupil of the eye to dilate; used to aid eye examinations)

alkaloid (natural bases containing nitrogen found in plants)

poison; poisonous substance; toxicant (any substance that causes injury or illness or death of a living organism)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "atropine"):

belladonna (an alkaloidal extract or tincture of the poisonous belladonna plant that is used medicinally)

 Context examples 

Atropine functions as a sympathetic, competitive antagonist of muscarinic cholinergic receptors, thereby abolishing the effects of parasympathetic stimulation.

(Atropine, NCI Thesaurus)

A combination preparation containing the belladonna alkaloids atropine sulfate, hyoscyamine sulfate, and scopolamine hydrobromide, and the barbiturate phenobarbital with antispasmodic, anxiolytic and sedative activities.

(Belladonna/Phenobarbital, NCI Thesaurus)

A synthetic antiparkinson tertiary amine structurally related to atropine, Benztropine Mesylate acts as a central muscarinic antagonist and inhibits dopamine uptake.

(Benztropine Mesylate, NCI Thesaurus)

A drug called atropine sulfate is injected into the patient’s vein and level of pancreatic polypeptide in the blood is measured.

(Atropine suppression test, NCI Dictionary)

A synthetic derivative of the alkaloid atropine with anticholinergic properties.

(Ipratropium, NCI Thesaurus)

The bromide salt form of ipratropium, a synthetic derivative of the alkaloid atropine with anticholinergic properties.

(Ipratropium Bromide, NCI Thesaurus)

The sulfate salt of atropine, a naturally-occurring alkaloid isolated from the plant Atropa belladonna.

(Atropine sulfate, NCI Thesaurus)

A belladonna alkaloid derivative and the levorotatory form of racemic atropine isolated from the plants Hyoscyamus niger or Atropa belladonna, which exhibits anticholinergic activity.

(Hyoscyamine, NCI Thesaurus)

The sulfate salt of a belladonna alkaloid derivative and the levorotatory form of racemic atropine isolated from the plants Hyoscyamus niger or Atropa belladonna, which exhibits anticholinergic activity.

(Hyoscyamine Sulfate, NCI Thesaurus)