antispasmodicadj.n.
Med.
A. adj.
Good against spasms.
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the world > health and disease > healing > medicines or physic > medicines for specific purpose > sedatives, antispasmodics, etc. > [adjective] > antispasmodic or anticonvulsant
antiepileptical1633
antiepileptic1655
anticonvulsive1696
spasmodic1728
antispasmodic1764
spasmolytic1937
anti-convulsant1946
muscle relaxant1951
1764 W. Watson in Philos. Trans. 1763 (Royal Soc.) 53 14 Antispasmodic remedies of various kinds.
1842 F. H. Ramadge Curabil. Consumption (1861) 24 A soothing and antispasmodic power.
B. n.
A medicine so used.
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the world > health and disease > healing > medicines or physic > medicines for specific purpose > sedatives, antispasmodics, etc. > [noun] > antispasmodic or anticonvulsant
antiepileptic1657
antispasmodic1681
spasmodics1704
anticonvellent1876
spasmolytic1937
anti-convulsant1943
anticonvulsive-
1681 in S. Pordage tr. T. Willis Remaining Med. Wks. Table, Antispasmodicks, medicines against convulsions.
1775 Scott in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 66 172 Laudanum, the most effectual and universal anti-spasmodic.
1868 A. B. Garrod Essent. Materia Med. 393 The direct antispasmodics appear to give tone to the spinal cord and other parts of the nervous system.
1955 Sci. News Let. 2 Apr. 212 The Jamestown weed..whose alkaloids have been used in the manufacture of such sedatives and antispasmodics as atropine, hyoscyamine and scopolamine.
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