- daturism
- da·tu·rism (da-tooґriz-əm) poisoning by plants of the genus Datura, which contain solanaceous alkaloids such as atropine, hyoscyamine, and scopolamine.
Medical dictionary. 2011.
daturism
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daturism — noun poisoning from hyoscyamine and scopolamine present in thorn apple and similar plants (of genus Datura) … Wiktionary
Datura metel — a species that is a source of scopolamine; its seeds sometimes contaminate animal feed, causing daturism … Medical dictionary
Datura stramonium — the most common species of Datura; it is a source of hyoscyamine and scopolamine. Its seeds sometimes contaminate animal feed and cause daturism. Called also Jimson weed, stramonium, and thorn apple … Medical dictionary
datura — n. narcotic, poisonous weed of nightshade family, of India and other countries; jimson weed. ♦ daturism, n. datura poisoning … Dictionary of difficult words
