atropine
/ˈætrəpɪn/noun
mass noun
1- Chemistry a poisonous compound found in deadly nightshade and related plants. It is used in medicine as a muscle relaxant, e.g. in dilating the pupil of the eye.【化】阿托品, 颠茄碱。
1.1
- An alkaloid; chem. formula: C17N23NO3.一种生物碱, 化学分子式： C17N23NO3.
词源
mid 19th cent.: modern Latin Atropa belladonna 'deadly nightshade'， from ATROPOS + -INE4 .