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atropine

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Noun
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at=ro=pine

CIDE DICTIONARY

atropinen. [Gr. inflexible; hence , one of the three Parcæ; 'a priv. + to turn.].
     A poisonous, white, crystallizable alkaloid, extracted from the Atropa belladonna, or deadly nightshade, and the Datura Stramonium, or thorn apple. It is remarkable for its power in dilating the pupil of the eye. Called also daturine.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

atropine, n. a poisonous alkaloid found in deadly nightshade, used in medicine to treat renal and biliary colic etc.

Etymology
mod.L Atropa belladonna deadly nightshade f. Gk Atropos inflexible, the name of one of the Fates

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