scopolamine

noun

An alkaloid drug, C17H21NO4, extracted from plants such as henbane and used primarily to treat motion sickness and nausea and to dilate the pupil.

noun

A difficultly crystallizable alkaloid, C17H21NO4 + H2O, obtained from Scopolina carniolica, S. Japonica, Duboisia myoporoides, Atropa Belladonna, Datura Stramonium, and other plants of the Solanaceæ: identical with hyoscine. The hydrobromide is most used. It is a soporific and anesthetic.

noun

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.

noun

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