Hyoscine

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}]