Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In medicine: Causing a revulsion of fluids or humors.
- Counteracting spasm; antispasmodic.
- Containing or consisting of antispasts: as, an antispastic verse.
- noun In medicine: A medicine supposed to act by causing a revulsion of the humors.
- noun A remedy that counteracts spasm; an antispasmodic.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective obsolete Believed to cause a revulsion of fluids or of humors from one part to another.
- adjective Counteracting spasms; antispasmodic.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective That
prevents ordiminishes spasms ;antispasmodic . - adjective poetry Of, pertaining to
antispasts - noun A
substance that prevents or diminishesspasms .
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Examples
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According to, www. drugs.com/baclofen. html, Baclofen is a muscle relaxer and an antispastic agent.
Augusta Free Press afp 2010
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No evidence supports the use of antispastic agents
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2C receptors with SB206553 or cyproheptadine, in both rats and humans, largely eliminates these calcium currents and muscle spasms, providing a new rationale for antispastic drug therapy. receptor activity, but not residual 5-HT, causes spasms.
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