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Scopolamine Moderate

Scopolamine has 2 different meanings across 1 category:

Noun

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Noun
1

an alkaloid with anticholinergic effects that is used as a sedative and to treat nausea and to dilate the pupils in ophthalmic procedures

"transdermal scopolamine is used to treat motion sickness"

"someone sedated with scopolamine has difficulty lying"

2

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).

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alkaloid
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