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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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. From WordNet r 1.6 [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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