homatropine

homatropine
An anticholinergic, mydriatic, and cycloplegic agent; available as the hydrobromide and the methylbromide. SYN: mandelytropine, tropine mandelate.

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hom·at·ro·pine hō-'ma-trə-.pēn n a poisonous crystalline ester of tropine and mandelic acid used in the form of its hydrobromide C16H21NO3·HBr for dilating the pupil of the eye and in the form of its methyl bromide C16H21NO3·CH3Br in combination with hydrocodone in cough supressant preparations see hycodan

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ho·mat·ro·pine (ho-matґro-pēn) a belladonna alkaloid having anticholinergic and antispasmodic actions.

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