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Atropine vs Adrenaline - What's the difference?

atropine | adrenaline |

As nouns the difference between atropine and adrenaline

is that atropine is (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 (eg in surgery to relax muscles, in dentistry to dry the mouth, in ophthalmology to dilate the pupils) while adrenaline is adrenaline.

atropine

English

(wikipedia atropine)

Noun

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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).

    • adrenaline

    English

    (wikipedia adrenaline)

    Alternative forms

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    Noun

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  • (hormone) An alternative name for epinephrine; the hormone and neurotransmitter.

    • Derived terms

    * adrenaline junkie * adrenaline rush