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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun In organic chemistry, a class-name applied to the esters of tropine and organic acids, , where R is a hydrocarbon radical such as methyl (CH3). These substances are basic crystalline compounds which resemble atropin in constitution and some of them have a similar physiological action.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun (Chem.) Any one of a series of artificial ethereal salts derived from the alkaloidal base tropine.

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  • noun chemistry Any of a series of ethereal salts derived from tropine.

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