Definitions for Hyoscyamus

Hyoscyamus hy·os·cy·a·mus

Spelling: [hahy-uh-sahy-uh-muh s]
IPA: /ˌhaɪ əˈsaɪ ə məs/

Hyoscyamus is a 10 letter English word.

You can make 320 anagrams from letters in Hyoscyamus (achmossuyy).

Definitions for Hyoscyamus

noun

  1. the dried leaves, with or without the tops, of the henbane, Hyoscyamus niger, containing the alkaloids hyoscyamine and scopolamine, used in medicine.

Origin of Hyoscyamus

1700-10; New Latin Greek hyoskýamos, equivalent to hyós (genitive of hŷs hog) + kýamos bean

Examples for Hyoscyamus

An alkaloid obtained from common henbane (hyoscyamus niger), and also from the thorn apple (Datura stramonium).

Anodynes, belladonna, hyoscyamus, and opium act as antipyretics simply by quieting the nervous system.

The oil of hyoscyamus is poisonous, and contains the alkaloid.

An oil of hyoscyamus is officinal in all the Continental pharmacopœias, but not in the British.

The extract of belladonna is considerably stronger than the extract of hyoscyamus.

He prepared a boiled oil of hyoscyamus, or henbane, in the usual way, with common oil.

Thus, hyoscyamus, belladonna, ammonium bromide have been used.

On slaty rocks which form the bed of the ravine or ghat, Dodonæa, hyoscyamus, and Cyrthandracea are found.

The English henbane (hyoscyamus niger) abounds in waste places.

hyoscyamus, commonly called henbane, is a herb which has been employed from remote times.

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