tropine

US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling(trōpēn, -pin)


WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
tro•pine  (trōpēn, -pin),USA pronunciation n. [Chem.]
  1. Chemistrya white, crystalline, hygroscopic, water-soluble, poisonous alkaloid, C8H15NO, obtained chiefly by the hydrolysis of atropine or hyoscyamine.
  • aphetic variant of atropine 1880–85

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