atropia

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/əˈtɹəʊpi.ə/

A form of atropine — An alkaloid extracted from the plant deadly nightshade (Atropa belladonna) and other sources, such as the seeds of the thorn-apple. Though overdoses would be fatal it is used as a drug in medicine for its paralytic effects (e.g. in surgery to relax muscles, in dentistry to dry the mouth, in ophthalmology to dilate the pupils).

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Meanings

nounatropia (countable and uncountable, plural atropias)

plural atropias

  1. countabledateduncountableDated form of atropine.

Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

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