benztropine mesylate

[ benz-troh-peen mez-uh-leyt, mes-, mee-zuh-, mee-suh- ]

noun

, Pharmacology.

1. a synthetic anticholinergic, C 21 H 25 NO⋅CH 4 O 3 S, used in the treatment of Parkinson's disease.

Word History and Origins

Origin of benztropine mesylate¹

benztropine apparently as rearrangement of tropine benzohydryl; mesylate probably a contraction of methanesulfonate