(medicine) Physical effects caused by atropine, including flushing, mydriasis, tachycardia, and dryness of the mouth and nose.

(toxicology, pharmacology) 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).

Alternative spelling of atropine

atropine poisoning

plural of atropine

Relating to, or having similar properties to that of atropine

simple past tense and past participle of atropinize

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of atropinize

(transitive) To treat with atropine.

present participle of atropinize