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hyoscine
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.
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