GALLAMINE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does gallamine mean? 

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

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

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• GALLAMINE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Synonyms:

Flaxedil; gallamine

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

muscle relaxant (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)

neuromuscular blocking agent (a substance that interferes with the neural transmission between motor neurons and skeletal muscles)