sedation
[si-dey-shuh n]
noun Medicine/Medical.
the calming of mental excitement or abatement of physiological function, especially by the administration of a drug.
the state so induced.
Origin of sedation
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Related Words for sedation
restraint, fairness, calmness, patience, coolness, justness, measure, toleration, lenity, composure, justice, steadiness, sobriety, mildness, poise, equanimity, constraint, quiet, forbearance, sedatenessExamples from the Web for sedation
Contemporary Examples of sedation
There are benzodiazapine receptors in the brain, but those are the kinds that are sought out for sedation, not sexual excitement.
Historical Examples of sedation
The doctor had continually attempted to get her to take some form of sedation.
Warren Commission (7 of 26): Hearings Vol. VII (of 15)The President's Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy
Tonight he slept of weariness and exhaustion, not of the sedation given last night.
The Fourth RGeorge Oliver Smith
sedation
noun
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sedation
[sĭ-dā′shən]
n.
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