hyoscine

[ hahy-uh-seen, -sin ]

noun

, Pharmacology.

1. scopolamine.

hyoscine

/ ˈhaɪəˌsiːn /

noun

1. another name for scopolamine

Word History and Origins

Origin of hyoscine¹

First recorded in 1870–75; hyosc(yamus) + -ine ²

Word History and Origins

Origin of hyoscine¹

C19: from hyosc ( yamus ) + -ine ²

Example Sentences

Other salts of Hyoscine are not described because used substantially as the above.

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According to this view hyoscyamine ought to be the hyoscinate of hyoscine, or at any rate an isomer of this body.

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The latter plant was considered to contain a new alkaloid, “Duboisine,” but duboisine is a mixture of hyoscyamine and hyoscine.

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If the patient becomes very delirious and is in no way depressed, chloral or hyoscine should be given.

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