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atropine in Finnish

atropine in Finnish is atropiini — atropine means a powerful drug extracted from deadly nightshade and related plants, used in medicine to relax muscles, dry secretions, or widen the pupils.

atropine in Finnish

atropiini
noun
(poison, pharmaceutical drug) An alkaloid extracted from the plant deadly nightshade (Atropa belladonna) and other sources, such as the seeds of the thorn-apple. Though overdoses would be fatal it is used as a drug in medicine for its paralytic effects (e.g. in surgery to relax muscles, in dentistry to dry the mouth, in ophthalmology to dilate the pupils).

What does "atropine" mean?

  1. noun A powerful drug extracted from deadly nightshade and related plants, used in medicine to relax muscles, dry secretions, or widen the pupils.
    "Doctors use atropine eye drops to dilate a patient's pupils for an eye exam."
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atropine in a sentence

  • Doctors use atropine eye drops to dilate a patient's pupils for an eye exam.
  • Atropine is also carried as an antidote for certain nerve agent poisonings.

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What is "atropine" in Finnish?

"atropine" in Finnish is atropiini. atropine means: A powerful drug extracted from deadly nightshade and related plants, used in medicine to relax muscles, dry secretions, or widen the pupils.

How do you use "atropine" in a sentence?

Example: "Doctors use atropine eye drops to dilate a patient's pupils for an eye exam." In Finnish, "atropine" is atropiini.

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