ANTISPASMODIC

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does antispasmodic mean? 

• ANTISPASMODIC (noun)
  The noun ANTISPASMODIC has 1 sense:

1. a drug used to relieve or prevent spasms (especially of the smooth muscles)

  Familiarity information: ANTISPASMODIC used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ANTISPASMODIC (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A drug used to relieve or prevent spasms (especially of the smooth muscles)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

antispasmodic; antispasmodic agent; spasmolytic

Hypernyms ("antispasmodic" is a kind of...):

medicament; medication; medicinal drug; medicine ((medicine) something that treats or prevents or alleviates the symptoms of disease)

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

atropine (a poisonous crystalline alkaloid extracted from the nightshade family; used as an antispasmodic and to dilate the eye pupil; also administered in large amounts as an antidote for organophosphate nerve agents or organophosphate insecticides)

 Context examples 

The hydrochloride salt form of hydroxyzine, a piperazine histamine H1-receptor antagonist with anti-allergic, antispasmodic, sedative, anti-emetic and anti-anxiety properties.

(Hydroxyzine Hydrochloride, NCI Thesaurus)

The hydrochloride salt form of flavoxate, a parasympatholytic agent with antispasmodic activity.

(Flavoxate Hydrochloride, NCI Thesaurus)

A synthetic parasympatholytic with antimuscarinic, muscle relaxant and urinary antispasmodic properties.

(Flavoxate, NCI Thesaurus)

The pamoate salt form of hydroxyzine, a synthetic piperazine histamine H1-receptor antagonist with anti-allergic, antispasmodic, sedative, anti-emetic and anti-anxiety properties.

(Hydroxyzine Pamoate, NCI Thesaurus)

Mace oil is used as a flavoring and in pharmaceuticals for its analgesic, antispasmodic, laxative, and stimulant activities.

(Mace Oil, NCI Thesaurus)

The hydrochloride salt form of oxyphencyclimine, a synthetic tertiary amine and antimuscarinic agent with antispasmodic and antisecretory activities.

(Oxyphencyclimine Hydrochloride, NCI Thesaurus)

A synthetic tertiary amine and antimuscarinic agent with antispasmodic and antisecretory activities.

(Oxyphencyclimine, NCI Thesaurus)

A tertiary amine possessing antimuscarinic and antispasmodic properties.

(Oxybutynin, NCI Thesaurus)

An herbal extract derived from the root of the plant Angelica sinensis with possible antiinflammatory, antispasmodic, vasodilatory, estrogenic, and antitumor activities.

(Angelica Sinensis Root Extract, NCI Thesaurus)

The fumarate salt form of fesoterodine, a competitive muscarinic receptor antagonist with muscle relaxant and urinary antispasmodic properties.

(Fesoterodine Fumarate, NCI Thesaurus)