relaxant
Americanadjective
noun
noun
adjective
Etymology
Origin of relaxant
1765–75; < Latin relaxant- (stem of relaxāns ), present participle of relaxāre. See relax, -ant
Example Sentences
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Her doctor told her the problem was probably tied to some of her prescriptions, so she pulled back on taking the painkiller gabapentin and the muscle relaxant methocarbamol.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 8, 2026
All received the same five-drug regimen: a drug that prevents nausea and vomiting, a sedative, fentanyl, propofol and a muscle relaxant.
From BBC • Nov. 24, 2025
After two Samoan children died in 2018 from vaccines that nurses accidentally infused with muscle relaxant, the Samoan government suspended its vaccination program.
From Salon • Jan. 29, 2025
An anesthesiologist arrives — ECT is performed while patients are unconscious — and Gandhi receives anesthesia and a muscle relaxant that calm her body and puts her to sleep.
From Seattle Times • Mar. 5, 2022
Mortales lectos quærunt, et membra relaxant Fessa labore dies; cuncta per orbe silet.
From The Life and Letters of Lewis Carroll (Rev. C. L. Dodgson) by Collingwood, Stuart Dodgson
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