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ETHCHLORVYNOL
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Dictionary entry overview: What does ethchlorvynol mean?
• ETHCHLORVYNOL (noun)
The noun ETHCHLORVYNOL has 1 sense:
1. a mild sedative-hypnotic drug (trade name Placidyl)
Familiarity information: ETHCHLORVYNOL used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A mild sedative-hypnotic drug (trade name Placidyl)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Synonyms:
ethchlorvynol; Placidyl
Hypernyms ("ethchlorvynol" is a kind of...):
sedative-hypnotic; sedative-hypnotic drug (a sedative that depresses activity of the central nervous system and reduces anxiety and induces sleep)
Context examples
Ethchlorvynol appears to depress the central nervous system by binding at a benzodiazepine-GABA-A-chloride ionophore receptor complex, located in the limbic, thalamic and hypothalamic regions of the central nervous system (CNS).
(Ethchlorvynol, NCI Thesaurus)
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