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benzatropine

/bɛnˈzæ.tɹəˌpin/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
ben-za-t-ropine
IPA
/bɛnˈzæ.tɹəˌpin/
25
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
4
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An anticholinergic drug administered in the form of its mesylate C₂₁H₂₅NO·CH₄O₃S especially to treat the symptoms of Parkinson's disease (as tremors, spasms, or muscle weakness) or similar symptoms caused as side effects of other drugs (as phenothiazine derivatives).

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

From benz(hydryl) + atropine.

Regional Pronunciation

  • American English: /bɛnˈzæ.tɹəˌpin/

Usage

Inflected Forms

benzatropines (plural) benztropine (alternative, US)

Derived Forms

etybenzatropine

Questions

How do you pronounce benzatropine?
The recorded pronunciation is /bɛnˈzæ.tɹəˌpin/.
What does benzatropine mean?
An anticholinergic drug administered in the form of its mesylate C₂₁H₂₅NO·CH₄O₃S especially to treat the symptoms of Parkinson's disease (as tremors, spasms, or muscle weakness) or similar symptoms caused as side effects of other drugs (as phenothiazine derivatives).
Where does benzatropine come from?
From benz(hydryl) + atropine.

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