antispasmodic

an·ti·spas·mod·ic

A0349900 (ăn′tē-spăz-mŏd′ĭk, ăn′tī-)adj. Relieving or preventing spasms, especially of smooth muscle.n. An antispasmodic agent. Also called spasmolytic.

antispasmodic

(ˌæntɪspæzˈmɒdɪk) adj (Medicine) preventing or arresting spasms, esp in smooth musclen (Pharmacology) an antispasmodic drug

an•ti•spas•mod•ic

(ˌæn ti spæzˈmɒd ɪk, ˌæn taɪ-)
adj. 1. used to control or prevent muscular spasms or convulsions. n. 2. an antispasmodic drug or substance. [1680–85]

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Noun

antispasmodic - a drug used to relieve or prevent spasms (especially of the smooth muscles)antispasmodic agent, spasmolyticatropine - a poisonous crystalline alkaloid extracted from the nightshade family; used as an antispasmodic and to dilate the eye pupil; also administered in large amounts as an antidote for organophosphate nerve agents or organophosphate insecticidesmedicament, medication, medicinal drug, medicine - (medicine) something that treats or prevents or alleviates the symptoms of disease

Translations

antiespasmódicoantispasmodiquespasmolytique

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antispasmodic

[¦an·tē‚spaz′mäd·ik] (pharmacology) An agent, such as benzyl benzoate, that relieves convulsions and the pain of muscular spasms.

Antispasmodic

one of a group of pharmacological substances with various chemical structures that induce the relaxation of the smooth muscles of, for example, the blood vessels, bronchi, and gastrointestinal, biliary, and urinary tracts.

Antispasmodics may be, according to their mechanism of action, neurotropic or musculotropic. Neurotropic agents include cholinolytics, for example, such m-cholinolytics as atropine, spasmolytin, thiphen, aprophen, and diprophen. Conventionally, they also include sympathomimetics (Adrenalin, ephedrine, Is-adrine [Aleudrin]), which relax the smooth muscles of the bronchi, intestines, and other organs by exciting sympathetic nerves. Musculotropic antispasmodics, including papaverine and drotav-erinum, directly act on the smooth muscles.

Antispasmodics are used to treat many diseases accompanied by the intensified contraction of the smooth muscles, including asthma, renal colic, and spasms of the cerebral blood vessels.

REFERENCES

Kuznetsov, S. G., and S. N. Golikov. Sinteticheskie alropinopodobnye veshchestva. Leningrad, 1962. (Bibliography.)
Wesselius de Casparis, A. “Neurotropic Versus Musculotropic Antispasmodics.” Medicamundi, 1962, vol. 8, no. 5, pp. 92–98. (Bibliography.)

V. V. ZAKUSOV

antispasmodic

[an″te-, an″ti-spaz-mod´ik] 1. preventing or relieving spasms.2. an agent that prevents or relieves spasms. Called also spasmolytic.

an·ti·spas·mod·ic

(an'tē-spaz-mod'ik), 1. Preventing or alleviating muscle spasms (cramps). 2. An agent that quiets spasm.

antispasmodic

(ăn′tē-spăz-mŏd′ĭk, ăn′tī-)adj. Relieving or preventing spasms, especially of smooth muscle.n. An antispasmodic agent. Also called spasmolytic.

antispasmodic

Herbal medicine
Any herb deemed useful in reducing muscle spasms.
Examples
Black cohosh (Cimicifuga racemosa), blue cohosh (Caulophyllum thalictroides), chamomile (Anthemis nobilis), lady’s slipper (Cypripedium pubescens), lobelia (Lobelia inflate), mistletoe (Viscum album), passion flower (Passiflora incarnate), skullcap (Scutellaria lateriflora) and wild yam root (Dioscora villosa).

antispasmodic

Pharmacology An agent that relieves spasm. See Spasmolytic.

an·ti·spas·mod·ic

(an'tē-spaz-mod'ik) 1. Preventing or alleviating muscle spasms (cramps). 2. An agent that quiets spasm.

antispasmodic

A drug which relieves sustained contraction in muscle, whether voluntary or otherwise.

Antispasmodic

Relieves mild cramping or muscle spasm.Mentioned in: St. John's Wort

an·ti·spas·mod·ic

(an'tē-spaz-mod'ik) 1. Preventing or alleviating muscle spasms (cramps). 2. An agent that quiets spasm.

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noun a drug used to relieve or prevent spasms (especially of the smooth muscles)

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