hyoscine
Americannoun
noun
"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012Etymology
Origin of hyoscine
First recorded in 1870–75; hyosc(yamus) + -ine 2
Example Sentences
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Scopolamine, also known as hyoscine, is banned in horse racing because it can improve horses’ breathing and heart-rate.
From Reuters
The white powder that the nine snorted in Perth city on Tuesday has been identified as the common prescription medication hyoscine, which is used to treat various medical problems including travel sickness.
From Seattle Times
Hypodermic Injections.—Morphine, hyoscyamine, or hyoscine, in solution, are frequently injected under the skin.
From Project Gutenberg
Occasionally one hears of hyoscine or hyoscyamus suggested for these conditions, but they are quite as useless and as much contraindicated as opium or the coal tar products.
From Project Gutenberg
To prescribe drugs is always quicker than to influence the mind; to cure a morphinist by hyoscine needs less effort than to cure him by suggestion.
From Project Gutenberg
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