hyoscine

[ hahy-uh-seen, -sin ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

, Pharmacology.

hyoscine

/ ˈhaɪəˌsiːn /

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

C19: from hyosc ( yamus ) + -ine ²

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

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

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

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

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