Scopolamine

Pronunciation

• UK IPA: /skəˈpÉ’lÉ™miːn/

Origin

From German Skopolamin, corresponding to - + amine.

Full definition of scopolamine

Noun

1. (pharmaceutical drug) A tropane alkaloid obtained from plants of the nightshade family, used as a sedative, to treat nausea and to dilate the pupils for ophthalmic examination.
• 1940, Raymond Chandler, Farewell, My Lovely, Penguin 2010, p. 176:I had been shot full of dope to keep me quiet. Perhaps scopolamine too, to make me talk.----