different between atropine vs adrenaline

English

Alternative forms

• atropia (dated)

Etymology

From Latin Atropa (“genus of deadly nightshade”) +? -ine.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?a.t??.pi?n/, /?a.t??p.?n/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?æ.t???pin/

Noun

atropine (plural atropines)

1. (toxicology, pharmacology) 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).

Derived terms

• atropinism
• atropinization
• methylatropine
• trop-, -trop-

Translations

Anagrams

• apertion, apritone, entropia, operatin'

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.t??.pin/

Noun

atropine f (uncountable)

1. (organic chemistry) atropine

Italian

Noun

atropine f

1. plural of atropina

Anagrams

• entropia
• operanti
• patinerò
• pianterò
• prenotai
• proteina
• ripetano

English

Alternative forms

• adrenalin

Etymology

From adrenal +? -ine.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??d??n?l?n/

Noun

adrenaline (usually uncountable, plural adrenalines)

1. (biochemistry) epinephrine, the hormone and neurotransmitter.

Derived terms

Translations

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from English adrenaline.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?.dre?.na??li.n?/, /a?.dre?.na??li.n?/
• Hyphenation: adre?na?li?ne
• Rhymes: -in?

Noun

adrenaline f (uncountable)

1. adrenaline [from 1902]
   • 1902 June 28, "Adrenaline.", Algemeen Handelsblad, fol. 2, Vol. 75, No. 23391, page 6 (page 2 of fol. 2).

Italian

Noun

adrenaline f pl

1. plural of adrenalina