English-Finnish translations for atropine

• atropiini
  Atropiinilla aikaansaatavaa parasympaattisen hermoston osittaista lamauttamista voidaan hyödyntää sariinin vaikutusten lievittämiseen.
  Atropiinia käytetään silmälääketieteessä silmäterän laajentajana.

Definition of atropine

• An alkaloid extracted from the plant deadly nightshade and other sources, such as the seeds of the Thorn-apple. Though overdoses would be fatal it is used as a drug in medicine for its paralytic effects (e.g. in surgery to relax muscles, in dentistry to dry the mouth, in ophthalmology to dilate the pupils

Related words

• atropin
• atropisomer
• extratropical
• sigmatropic
• ipratropium
• somatropin
• extratropical cyclone
• sigmatropic rearrangement