Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

atropine

/ˈæ.tɹəˌpin/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: 2.51 in modern English

Syllables: at-ropine
IPA: /ˈæ.tɹəˌpin/

10

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

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).

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

From Latin Atropa (“genus of deadly nightshade”) + English -ine.

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ˈæ.tɹəˌpin/
British English: /ˈa.tɹə.piːn/

Usage

Inflected Forms

atropines (plural) atropia (alternative, dated)

Derived Forms

apoatropine atropinic atropinism atropinization atropinize atropism benzatropine homatropine ipratropium methylatropine octatropine revatropate

Phrases

trop- -trop-

Questions

How do you pronounce atropine?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈæ.tɹəˌpin/.
What does atropine mean?: 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).
Where does atropine come from?: From Latin Atropa (“genus of deadly nightshade”) + English -ine.

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