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reˈlaxant, a. and n. Med.
[ad. L. relaxant-em, pres. pple. of relaxāre to relax.]
A. adj. Causing, or distinguished by, relaxation.
1771T. Percival Ess. (1777) I. 129 When received into the stomach it is highly debilitating and relaxant. 1822–34Good's Study Med. (ed. 4) I. 309 Where the pain and tension are very distressing, relaxant cataplasms and fomentations are generally advisable. 1977Lancet 24–31 Dec. 1332/1 It may be that these neurons are involved in mediating relaxant effects of the intestine in response to a food bolus.
B. n. A practice or drug serving to produce relaxation.
1832J. Thomson Life W. Cullen I. 406 He considered the practice of warm bathing the most powerful Emollient and the most considerable Relaxant. 1898Allbutt's Syst. Med. V. 996 In such cases good may result from the administration of arterial relaxants. 1977Sci. Amer. May 99/2 One of its active alkaloids is the basis of drugs that are important in modern surgery as muscle relaxants. |