| 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. |
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| Narrower | benzodiazepine | Any of several similar lipophilic amines used as tranquilizers or sedatives or hypnotics or muscle relaxants |
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| cyclobenzaprine, Flexeril | muscle relaxant (trade name Flexeril) used for muscle spasms or acute injury |
| gallamine, Flaxedil | neuromuscular blocking agent (trade name Flaxedil) used as a muscle relaxant in the administration of anesthesia |
| methocarbamol, Robaxin | muscle relaxant for skeletal muscles (trade name Robaxin) used to treat spasms |
| orphenadrine, Norflex | A skeletal muscle relaxant (trade name Norflex) used to treat severe muscle strain and Parkinsonism |
| papaverine, Kavrin | An alkaloid medicine (trade name Kavrin) obtained from opium |
| procyclidine, Kemadrin | 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 |
| Broader | relaxant | A drug that relaxes and relieves / relieves tension |
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| Catalan | antiespasmòdic |
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