METHOCARBAMOL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does methocarbamol mean? 

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

1. muscle relaxant for skeletal muscles (trade name Robaxin) used to treat spasms

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• METHOCARBAMOL (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Muscle relaxant for skeletal muscles (trade name Robaxin) used to treat spasms

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

methocarbamol; Robaxin

Hypernyms ("methocarbamol" 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)

 Context examples 

Methocarbamol has no direct effect on the contractile mechanism of striated muscle, the motor end plate or the nerve fiber.

(Methocarbamol, NCI Thesaurus)

Though the exact mechanism of action of methocarbamol was not established, it's postulated to be via a mechanism similar of carbamate, inhibition of acetylcholinesterase at synapses in the autonomic nervous system, neuromuscular junction, and central nervous system.

(Methocarbamol, NCI Thesaurus)