hyoscine

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hyoscine

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From hyosc(yamus) + -ine.

noun hyoscines

countable, uncountable An oily alakoid liquid, formerly used as a sedative; scopolamine. To give such a patient an injection of hyoscine […] is, as Dr. Stoddart points out, “a refined substitute for hitting him on the head with a club.”

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@misc{hyoscine_2026,
  title = {hyoscine},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/hyoscine},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}