MUSCLE RELAXANT

 Dictionary entry overview: What does muscle relaxant mean? 

• MUSCLE RELAXANT (noun)
  The noun MUSCLE RELAXANT has 1 sense:

1. a drug that reduces muscle contractility by blocking the transmission of nerve impulses or by decreasing the excitability of the motor end plate or by other actions

  Familiarity information: MUSCLE RELAXANT used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MUSCLE RELAXANT (noun)

Meaning:

A drug that reduces muscle contractility by blocking the transmission of nerve impulses or by decreasing the excitability of the motor end plate or by other actions

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("muscle relaxant" is a kind of...):

relaxant (a drug that relaxes and relieves tension)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "muscle relaxant"):

benzodiazepine (any of several similar lipophilic amines used as tranquilizers or sedatives or hypnotics or muscle relaxants; chronic use can lead to dependency)

cyclobenzaprine; Flexeril (muscle relaxant (trade name Flexeril) used for muscle spasms or acute injury)

methocarbamol; Robaxin (muscle relaxant for skeletal muscles (trade name Robaxin) used to treat spasms)

Norflex; orphenadrine (a skeletal muscle relaxant (trade name Norflex) used to treat severe muscle strain and Parkinsonism)

Kavrin; papaverine (an alkaloid medicine (trade name Kavrin) obtained from opium; used to relax smooth muscles; it is nonaddictive)

Kemadrin; procyclidine (drug (trade name Kemadrin) used to reduce tremors in Parkinsonism)

succinylcholine (a muscle relaxant for striated muscle that is used as an adjunct to anesthesia during certain surgical procedures)

Flaxedil; gallamine (neuromuscular blocking agent (trade name Flaxedil) used as a muscle relaxant in the administration of anesthesia)