Hyoscine (Noun)
Meaning
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".
Classification
Nouns denoting man-made objects.
Examples
- The doctor prescribed hyoscine to alleviate the patient's nausea during chemotherapy.
- Hyoscine is often used in ophthalmic procedures to dilate the pupils for examination.
- The patient was administered hyoscine as a sedative before undergoing surgery.
- Transdermal hyoscine patches are commonly used to treat motion sickness in travelers.
- The interrogator was accused of using hyoscine to extract false confessions from the suspect.