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Definition of Antispasmodic
1. Noun. A drug used to relieve or prevent spasms (especially of the smooth muscles).
Specialized synonyms: Atropine
Generic synonyms: Medicament, Medication, Medicinal Drug, Medicine
Definition of Antispasmodic
1. a. Good against spasms.
Definition of Antispasmodic
1. Adjective. (medicine) Referring to something that suppresses spasms, generally a drug. ¹
2. Noun. (pharmacology) A drug that suppresses spasms. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Antispasmodic
1. [n -S]
Medical Definition of Antispasmodic
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Antispasmodic
Literary usage of Antispasmodic
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Practical therapeutics by Edward John Waring (1866)
"From its frequent adulteration, it has lost much of its standing as an antispasmodic ;
but, when pure, it appears to be a remedy of considerable power. ..."
2. A Manual of Pharmacology and Its Applications to Therapeutics and Toxicology by Torald Hermann Sollmann (1922)
"... sedative and antispasmodic in chorea, mania, convulsions, whooping cough and
asthma; and locally in hemorrhoids and other anal lesions. ..."
3. Medical lexicon: A Dictionary of Medical Science by Robley Dunglison (1856)
"... Ph. US) It is considered to be tonie and antispasmodic, and has been chiefly
used in .... antispasmodic ..."
4. A Treatise on the Practice of Medicine by George Bacon Wood (1858)
"Any benefit which it may have produced is probably more justly ascribable to its
antispasmodic action. 3. Distension of the Gall-Bladder. ..."
5. Dansk-norsk-engelsk Ordbog by Johannes Magnussen (1902)
"-latter hysteric laughter. lag epilepsy, -emll convulsive smile, -stunde [a]
antispasmodic; — Middel spasmodic, ..."
6. Lectures on materia medica and therapeutics by John Brodhead Beck, Chandler Robbins Gilman (1861)
"... number of officinal preparations; among these the following are the most
important. 1. Mistura Fern composita. 2. Tinct. Aloes cum Myrrh. antispasmodic ..."
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