hyoscine

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ὑοσκύαμος (huoskúamos, “henbane”) + -ine.

Noun

hyoscine (countable and uncountable, plural hyoscines)

1. Scopolamine.
   • 2023, Martin MacInnes, In Ascension, Atlantic Books, page 242:

     I was so excited I forgot about the hyoscine pills and only remembered to take them as we were stepping up the mobile staircase onto the aircraft.