[{"word":"atropine","phonetic":"/ˈæ.tɹə.piːn/","phonetics":[{"text":"/ˈæ.tɹə.piːn/","audio":""},{"text":"/ˈæ.tɹəˌpiːn/","audio":""}],"meanings":[{"partOfSpeech":"noun","definitions":[{"definition":"An alkaloid extracted from the plant deadly nightshade (Atropa belladonna) and other sources, such as the seeds of the Thorn-apple. Though overdoses would be fatal it is used as a drug in medicine for its paralytic effects (e.g. in surgery to relax muscles, in dentistry to dry the mouth, in ophthalmology to dilate the pupils).","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]}],"synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]}],"license":{"name":"CC BY-SA 3.0","url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0"},"sourceUrls":["https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/atropine"]}]