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/ˌhʌɪ.ə(ʊ)ˈsʌɪ.ə.miːn/ · noun
(biochemistry, pharmacology) A poisonous alkaloid present in henbane that is the stereoisomer of atropine, with similar properties to hyoscine, and used medicinally to treat abdominal pain and similar conditions..
If only Creake was going to poison his wife with hyoscyamine and bury her, instead of blowing her up with a dynamite cartridge and claiming that it came in among the coal.
Use hyoscyamine when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Hyoscyamine means (biochemistry, pharmacology) A poisonous alkaloid present in henbane that is the stereoisomer of atropine, with similar properties to hyoscine, and used medicinally to treat abdominal pain and similar conditions..
The closest synonym depends on the sentence and intended sense.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
If only Creake was going to poison his wife with hyoscyamine and bury her, instead of blowing her up with a dynamite cartridge and claiming that it came in among the coal.
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