Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Hyoscine \Hy*os"cine\, n. [See {Hyoscyamus}.] (Chem.)
An alkaloid found with hyoscyamine (with which it is also
isomeric) in henbane, and extracted as a white, amorphous,
semisolid substance.
Source : WordNet®
hyoscine
n : an alkaloid with anticholinergic effects that is used as a
sedative and to treat nausea and to dilate the pupils in
ophthalmic procedures; "transdermal scopolamine is used
to treat motion sickness"; "someone sedated with
scopolamine has difficulty lying" [syn: {scopolamine}]