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UK
/ɹɪlˈæksənt/
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ADJECTIVE
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tending to relax or relieve muscular or nervous tension
a relaxant drug
NOUN
- a drug that relaxes and relieves tension
How To Use relaxant In A Sentence
- Drugs found in Haim's system included the cough-suppressant dextromethorphan; the antihistamine diphenhydramine; carisoprodol, a prescription muscle relaxant; the tranquilizers diazepam and meprobamate, which are found in Valium and other medications; and the antidepressants fluoxetine and olanzapine. Corey Haim Cause Of Death: Pneumonia Complications, NOT Drugs
- It had extraordinary calming and muscle relaxant effects in animals.
- Other innovative drugs whose development he oversaw included atracurium, a muscle relaxant, and lamotrigine, an epilepsy drug.
- There could have been some kind of relaxant, to make us more receptive. THE GOSPEL MAKERS
- The relaxant activity was independent of the integrity of the vascular endothelium.
- Forensic analysis of skeletal muscle relaxants such as tubocurarine and gallamine has been hampered by the fact that these quaternary ammonium compounds are not readily extractable from the biological matrix.
- There is no evidence that muscle relaxants or opioids are more effective than these medications, although they may be useful in certain cases.
- Among them are baclofen, a common muscle relaxant that enhances GABA, and N-acetylcysteine, used to treat Tylenol overdoses, which inhibits glutamate. New Hope For Addicts?
- The Smith family claims the nurse administered Pancuronium, a muscle relaxant, instead of the antacid Pepcid. Richard Smith, 79-Year-Old Miami Man, Dies After Accidentally Receiving Execution Drug
- He also gave me prescriptions for industrial-strength naproxen, indomethacin, and another muscle relaxant, tizanidine, to try as new rescue meds. Chocolate & Vicodin