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SUCCINYLCHOLINE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does succinylcholine mean? 

SUCCINYLCHOLINE (noun)
  The noun SUCCINYLCHOLINE has 1 sense:

1. a muscle relaxant for striated muscle that is used as an adjunct to anesthesia during certain surgical proceduresplay

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


 Dictionary entry details 


SUCCINYLCHOLINE (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A muscle relaxant for striated muscle that is used as an adjunct to anesthesia during certain surgical procedures

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("succinylcholine" 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)


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