tropine

[ troh-peen, -pin ]

/ ˈtroʊ pin, -pɪn /

noun Chemistry.

a white, crystalline, hygroscopic, water-soluble, poisonous alkaloid, C8H15NO, obtained chiefly by the hydrolysis of atropine or hyoscyamine.

Nearby words

tropical storm, tropical typhus, tropical year, tropicalize, tropicbird, tropine, tropism, tropo-, tropocollagen, tropology, tropomyosin

Origin of tropine

First recorded in 1880–85; aphetic variant of atropine

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Examples from the Web for tropine

Before my researches nothing was known of the constitution of tropine.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 324, March 18, 1882|Various
On the other hand, by heating tropic acid and tropine together, atropine is regenerated.
Poisons: Their Effects and Detection|Alexander Wynter Blyth
In addition to the types of compounds enumerated above we may also notice purin, tropine and the terpenes.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 1|Various

British Dictionary definitions for tropine

tropine

/ (ˈtrəʊpiːn, -pɪn) /

noun

a white crystalline poisonous hygroscopic alkaloid obtained by heating atropine or hyoscyamine with barium hydroxide. Formula: C 8 H 15 NO

Word Origin for tropine

C19: shortened from atropine

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Medicine definitions for tropine

tropine

[ trō′pēn′, -pĭn ]

n.

A white, crystalline, poisonous alkaloid obtained chiefly by hydrolysis of atropine.