Vocabulary : Hyoscyamine to Hypanthia
Hyoscyamine : An alkaloid found in henbane (Hyoscyamus niger), and regarded as its active principle. It is also found with other alkaloids in the thorn apple and deadly nightshade. It is extracted as a white crystalline substance, with a sharp, offensive taste. Hyoscyamine is isomeric with atropine, is very poisonous, and is used as a medicine for neuralgia, like belladonna. Called also hyoscyamia, duboisine, etc.Hyoscyamus : A genus of poisonous plants of the Nightshade family; henbane. ;; The leaves of the black henbane (Hyoscyamus niger), used in neuralgic and pectorial troubles.
Hyosternal : Between the hyoid bone and the sternum, or pertaining to them; infrahyoid; as, the hyosternal region of the neck. ;; Pertaining to the hyosternum of turtles.
Hyosternum : See Hyoplastron.
Hyostylic : Having the mandible suspended by the hyomandibular, or upper part of the hyoid arch, as in fishes, instead of directly articulated with the skull as in mammals; -- said of the skull.
