Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Relieving or preventing spasms, especially of smooth muscle.
- noun An antispasmodic agent.
from The Century Dictionary.
- In medicine, curative of spasm; checking or curing convulsions.
- noun In medicine, a remedy for spasm or convulsions, as ether, chloroform, the bromides, etc.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective (Med.) Good against spasms.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective medicine Referring to something that
suppresses spasms , generally adrug . - noun pharmacology A drug that suppresses
spasms .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a drug used to relieve or prevent spasms (especially of the smooth muscles)
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Examples
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Parsley is a natural antispasmodic: in other words, it’s great for the digestion.
Earl Mindell’s New Herb Bible Earl Mindell 2008
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Parsley is a natural antispasmodic: in other words, it’s great for the digestion.
Earl Mindell’s New Herb Bible Earl Mindell 2008
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Parsley is a natural antispasmodic: in other words, it’s great for the digestion.
Earl Mindell’s New Herb Bible Earl Mindell 2008
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Parsley is a natural antispasmodic: in other words, it’s great for the digestion.
Earl Mindell’s New Herb Bible Earl Mindell 2008
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This nervine herb is also "antispasmodic" which makes it great for people with constant nervous twitching.
simple mom 2009
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This nervine herb is also "antispasmodic" which makes it great for people with constant nervous twitching.
LessonInLife.Com 2009
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She thinks that his public intoxication was mostly feigned, part of a "masquerade" to hide his tuberculosis; that he used drugs and especially alcohol "medicinally," as a "necessary anesthetic" and antispasmodic "to soothe his coughing fits."
The Bad Boy of Montparnasse Lance Esplund 2011
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Phenazopyridine is an AZO dye that has been used as a genitourinary analgesic since the 1920's. 1 It is currently available as a single agent and in combination products with antiinfective agents such as sufisoxazole and sulfamethoxazole and with antispasmodic agents.
Phenazopyridine 2010
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Chlorpromazine (Thorazine and generic), a major tranquilizer, is the old standby, closely followed by the minor tranquilizer diazepam (Valium and generic), the antispasmodic metochlopramide (Reglan and generic), and the muscle relaxant baclofen (Lioresal and generic).
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Chlorpromazine (Thorazine and generic), a major tranquilizer, is the old standby, closely followed by the minor tranquilizer diazepam (Valium and generic), the antispasmodic metochlopramide (Reglan and generic), and the muscle relaxant baclofen (Lioresal and generic).
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