单词 | convulsant |
释义 | convulsant/kənˈvʌls(ə)nt /adjective (Chiefly of drugs) producing sudden and involuntary muscle contractions.Some users, however, report that they become more sensitive to cocaine's anesthetic and convulsant effects even without increasing the amount....
noun A convulsant drug.Seizures could be nonepileptic if evoked in the normal brain by treatments, such as electric shock or chemical convulsants, or epileptic when occurring without evident provocation....
OriginLate 19th century: from French, from convulser, from Latin convuls- 'pulled violently, wrenched', from the verb convellere (see convulse). |
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