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- German · borrowed fromSkopolamin
- English todayscopolamine
Borrowed from German Skopolamin, from translingual Scopolia (“genus of plants”) + German Amin (“amine”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
scopolamine
Today it means: A poisonous alkaloid C₁₇H₂₁NO₄ similar to atropine that is found in various solanaceous plants and is used for its anticholinergic effects (such as preventing nausea in motion sickness and inducing mydriasis). Full definition →
German Skopolamin