Belladonna Synonyms

bĕlə-dŏnə
Perennial Eurasian herb with reddish bell-shaped flowers and shining black berries; extensively grown in United States; roots and leaves yield atropine
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. belladonna plant
  2. deadly-nightshade
  3. foxglove
  4. henbane
  5. horsetail
  6. hyoscyamus
  7. atropa-belladonna
  8. jimsonweed
  9. mayapple
  10. monkshood
  11. pokeweed
  12. stramonium

Words Related to Belladonna

Related words are words that are directly connected to each other through their meaning, even if they are not synonyms or antonyms. This connection may be general or specific, or the words may appear frequently together.

Related:

  1. atropa
  2. datura
  3. licorice

Belladonna Sentence Examples

  • Belladonna, the Belladonna Lily, 3 ft., has large funnel-shaped flowers in September, of a delicate rose colour.

  • The external uses of the drug are mainly analgesic. The liniment or plaster of belladonna will relieve many forms of local pain.

  • In treating an actual and present attack of asthma, it is advisable to give the standardized tincture of belladonna - unless expense is no consideration, in which case atropine may itself be used - in doses of twenty minims every quarter of an hour as long as no evil effects appear.

  • The symptoms of poisoning by belladonna or atropine are dealt with above.

  • But by the addition of some antiseptic to the ointment its defensive action would be converted from passive to active, and its power to prevent infection would become greater; and if inflammation had already set up in the skin, the addition of opium, belladonna, or cocaine would lessen local pain; and an astringent, either metallic or organic, would restrain inflammation and accelerate repair.

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