hyoscine Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun an alkaloid with anticholinergic effects that is used as a sedative and to treat nausea and to dilate the pupils in ophthalmic procedures
    scopolamine.
    • transdermal scopolamine is used to treat motion sickness
    • someone sedated with scopolamine has difficulty lying

WordNet

Hy*os"cine noun
Etymology
See Hyoscyamus.
Definitions
  1. (Chem.) An alkaloid found with hyoscyamine (with which it is also isomeric) in henbane, and extracted as a white, amorphous, semisolid substance.

Webster 1913