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atropism

American

[a-truh-piz-uhm] / ˈæ trəˌpɪz əm /

Also atropinism

noun

Pathology.

poisoning resulting from atropine or belladonna.

Etymology

Origin of atropism

First recorded in 1875–80; atrop(ine) + -ism

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