Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

scopolamine

/skoʊˈpɑl.əˌmiːn/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.07 in modern English

Syllables: scopo-lamine
IPA: /skoʊˈpɑl.əˌmiːn/

17

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

4

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

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).

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"I had been shot full of dope to keep me quiet. Perhaps scopolamine too, to make me talk."
"The Incas had herbs for headaches and other pains; and they used scopolamine, a poison from the datura plant, as an anaesthetic."
"Scopolamine is a nonselective muscarinic acetylcholine receptor (mAChR) antagonist with potentially selective inhibitory actions on muscarinic subtypes 1 and 2 (M1 and M2). Unlike ketamine, esketamine, and nitrous oxide, scopolamine directly affects the cholinergic pathway but does not directly modulate the glutamatergic pathway."

Etymology

Borrowed from German Skopolamin, from translingual Scopolia (“genus of plants”) + German Amin (“amine”).

Origin

Source language: German

Word Breakdown

Root: Skopolamin

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /skoʊˈpɑl.əˌmiːn/
British English: /skə(ʊ)ˈpɒl.ə.miːn/

Usage

Inflected Forms

scopolamines (plural)

Derived Forms

aposcopolamine butylscopolamine methylscopolamine

Synonyms

devil's breath hyoscine

Questions

How do you pronounce scopolamine?: The recorded pronunciation is /skoʊˈpɑl.əˌmiːn/.
What does scopolamine mean?: 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).
Where does scopolamine come from?: It is traced to German.

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