Hyoscine

Quick meaning: Hyoscine is a noun meaning (chemistry) An oily alakoid liquid, formerly used as a sedative; scopolamine.

Meaning

(chemistry) An oily alakoid liquid, formerly used as a sedative; scopolamine.

Example Sentences

I was so excited I forgot about the hyoscine pills and only remembered to take them as we were stepping up the mobile staircase onto the aircraft.

To give such a patient an injection of hyoscine […] is, as Dr. Stoddart points out, “a refined substitute for hitting him on the head with a club.”

Word Forms

• hyoscines

Synonyms for hyoscine

Depending on context, synonyms include scopolamine.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include scopolamine, hydrobromate, hydrobromide, methscopolamine, butylscopolamine, methylscopolamine.

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