benztropine mesylate

US: (benz trō′pēn mez′ə lāt′, mes′-, mē′zə-, mē′sə-)

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benz•tro′pine mes′yl•ate  (benz trō′pēn mez′ə lāt′, mes′-, mē′zə-, mē′sə-), n. [Pharm.]

1. Drugs a synthetic anticholinergic, C₂₁H₂₅NO·CH₄O₃S, used in the treatment of Parkinson's disease.

• mesylate probably a contraction of methanesulfonate benztropine apparently as rearrangement of tropine benzohydryl