tropicamide

English

Structure of tropicamide

Etymology

From tropic acid +‎ amide.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /tɹəʊˈpɪk.ə.mʌɪd/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /tɹəˈpɪk.əˌmaɪd/

Noun

tropicamide (uncountable)

1. (pharmacology) A short-acting anticholinergic drug, used to produce dilatation of the pupil and cycloplegia during examination of the eye.

Translations

drug used to produce dilation of the pupil

• Hungarian: tropikamid (hu)
• Polish: tropikamid (pl) m
• Spanish: tropicamida f

References

• “tropicamide”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
• “tropicamide”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.

Anagrams

• adipometric