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Definition of Sedatives
1. sedative [n] - See also: sedative
Lexicographical Neighbors of Sedatives
Literary usage of Sedatives
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Institutes of Medicine by Martyn Paine (1867)
"This conducts me to a more circumstantial exposition of the remedial action of
local sedatives, especially of those for which this section was designed. ..."
2. Dental Materia Medica and Therapeutics: With Special Reference to the by Hermann Prinz (1917)
"In their principal action, sedatives are closely related to general anesthetics.
... sedatives are indicated for these disturbances, and they usually subdue ..."
3. Dental materia medica and therapeutics by Hermann Prinz (1909)
"sedatives (from serf-are, to quiet) are drugs employed for the purpose ...
In their principal action, sedatives are closely related to general anesthetics. ..."
4. A Compend of Human Anatomy by Samuel Otway Lewis Potter (1903)
"STIMULANTS AND sedatives. Stimulant, (Stimulus, a goad),—is a term which is used
in various senses when applied to medicinal agents. ..."
5. Maintaining Budgetary Discipline: Spending and Revenue Options edited by Sherry Snyder (1999)
"dlI used sedatives only for the experience or feeling they caused ...........
D 2 DB-55. On this most recent occasion when you drove a car or other motor ..."
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