tropine

[troh-peen, -pin]

noun Chemistry.

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

Origin of tropine

First recorded in 1880–85; aphetic variant of atropine

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Examples from the Web for tropine

Historical Examples of tropine

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
Before my researches nothing was known of the constitution of tropine.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 324, March 18, 1882
Various

British Dictionary definitions for tropine

tropine

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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tropine in Medicine

tropine

[trō′pēn′, -pĭn]

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