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MUSCLE RELAXANT
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A drug that reduces muscle contractility by blocking the transmission of nerve impulses or by decreasing the excitability of the motor end plate or by other actions
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("muscle relaxant" is a kind of...):
relaxant (a drug that relaxes and relieves tension)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "muscle relaxant"):
benzodiazepine (any of several similar lipophilic amines used as tranquilizers or sedatives or hypnotics or muscle relaxants; chronic use can lead to dependency)
cyclobenzaprine; Flexeril (muscle relaxant (trade name Flexeril) used for muscle spasms or acute injury)
methocarbamol; Robaxin (muscle relaxant for skeletal muscles (trade name Robaxin) used to treat spasms)
Norflex; orphenadrine (a skeletal muscle relaxant (trade name Norflex) used to treat severe muscle strain and Parkinsonism)
Kavrin; papaverine (an alkaloid medicine (trade name Kavrin) obtained from opium; used to relax smooth muscles; it is nonaddictive)
Kemadrin; procyclidine (drug (trade name Kemadrin) used to reduce tremors in Parkinsonism)
succinylcholine (a muscle relaxant for striated muscle that is used as an adjunct to anesthesia during certain surgical procedures)
Flaxedil; gallamine (neuromuscular blocking agent (trade name Flaxedil) used as a muscle relaxant in the administration of anesthesia)
Context examples:
It is a direct-acting smooth muscle relaxant used in the treatment of impotence and as a vasodilator, especially for cerebral vasodilation.
(Papaverine, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)
The bromide salt form of pancuronium, a synthetic, long-acting ammonio steroid muscle relaxant with curarimimetic, some antimuscarinic and sympathomimetic effects.
(Pancuronium Bromide, NCI Thesaurus)
The fumarate salt form of fesoterodine, a competitive muscarinic receptor antagonist with muscle relaxant and urinary antispasmodic properties.
(Fesoterodine Fumarate, NCI Thesaurus)
A triazolo-benzodiazepine with anxiolytic, anticonvulsant, hypnotic, and muscle relaxant properties.
(Estazolam, NCI Thesaurus)
A hydantoin derivative and direct-acting skeletal muscle relaxant.
(Dantrolene, NCI Thesaurus)
A non-depolarizing skeletal muscle relaxant of the benzylisoquinolinium class.
(Cisatracurium Besylate, NCI Thesaurus)
The sodium salt form of dantrolene, a hydantoin derivative and direct-acting skeletal muscle relaxant.
(Dantrolene Sodium, NCI Thesaurus)
Unlike typical benzodiazepine anxiolytics, this agent does not exert anticonvulsant or muscle relaxant effects and lacks prominent sedative effects.
(Buspirone, NCI Thesaurus)
A centrally acting skeletal muscle relaxant with antidepressant activity.
(Cyclobenzaprine, NCI Thesaurus)
A synthetic dibenzensulfonate derivative muscle relaxant, Atracurium Besylate acts as a non-depolarizing neuromuscular blocking agent, with short to intermediary duration of action and no significant cardiovascular effects.
(Atracurium Besylate, NCI Thesaurus)
