2 definitions found From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Hyoscine \Hy*os"cine\, n. [See {Hyoscyamus}.] (Chem.) An alkaloid found with hyoscyamine (with which it is also isomeric) in henbane, and extracted as a white, amorphous, semisolid substance. [1913 Webster] From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]: hyoscine n : 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" [syn: {scopolamine}]
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