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Definition of Antispasmodics
1. antispasmodic [n] - See also: antispasmodic
Lexicographical Neighbors of Antispasmodics
Literary usage of Antispasmodics
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Therapeutics: its principles and practice by Horatio C. Wood (1906)
"CLASS I.—GENERAL REMEDIES. ORDER I.—NERVINES. FAMILY L—antispasmodics. ...
It is in this class of affections that the so- called antispasmodics are useful. ..."
2. The Medical Formulary: Being a Collection of Prescriptions, Derived from the by Benjamin Ellis, Robert Pennell Thomas (1868)
"antispasmodics. antispasmodics are those medicines which allay spasm, and compose
the irregular actions of the nervous system. Some of the most powerful of ..."
3. The American eclectic materia medica and therapeutics by John Milton Scudder (1898)
"antispasmodics. antispasmodics may be defined to be those agents which counteract
spasm. ... Action of antispasmodics.—In attempting to solve the problem, ..."
4. Modern Materia Medica and Therapeutics by Arthur Albert Stevens (1903)
"5 antispasmodics. antispasmodics are remedies used to control minor grades of
motor excitation and to lessen states of general nervous irritability. ..."
5. A Text-book of materia medica, therapeutics and pharmacology by George Frank Butler (1899)
"CLASS II-SYMPTOM MEDICINES. GROUP I.—antispasmodics. antispasmodics are remedies
used to allay spasm and quiet ..."
6. A Treatise on the Practice of Medicine by George Bacon Wood (1858)
"The nervous stimulants, or antispasmodics, may sometimes be used advantageously.
A combination of mugwort (Artemisia vulgaris) and ..."
7. Materia Medica and Therapeutics for Physicians and Students by John Barclay Biddle, Clement Biddle (1895)
"antispasmodics. antispasmodics are medicines that allay irregular nervous action.
Their effects upon the economy in a state of health are not very decided, ..."
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