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Atropin vs Atropine - What's the difference?

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As nouns the difference between atropin and atropine

is that atropin is an alternative spelling of atropine while atropine is an alkaloid extracted from the plant deadly nightshade (Atropa belladonna) and other sources. 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).

atropin

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    • atropine

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  • (poison, pharmaceutical drug) An alkaloid extracted from the plant deadly nightshade (Atropa belladonna ) and other sources. 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).