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Mydriatic vs Atropine - What's the difference?

mydriatic | atropine |

As nouns the difference between mydriatic and atropine

is that mydriatic is a drug having this effect while 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).

As an adjective mydriatic

is that dilates the pupils of the eyes.

mydriatic

English

Adjective

(head)
  • that dilates the pupils of the eyes

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • A drug having this effect

    • Related terms

    * mydriasis

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    atropine

    English

    (wikipedia atropine)

    Noun

    (-)
  • (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).