hyoscine

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: hy=os=cine

CIDE DICTIONARY

hyoscine, n. [See Hyoscyamus.].

 An alkaloid found with hyoscyamine (with which it is also isomeric) in henbane, and extracted as a white, amorphous, semisolid substance.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

hyoscine, n. a poisonous alkaloid found in plants of the nightshade family, esp. of the genus Scopolia, and used as an antiemetic in motion sickness and a preoperative medication for examination of the eye. Also called SCOPOLAMINE.