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Antispasmodic

noun

A drug used to relieve or prevent spasms (especially of the smooth muscles). Synonyms: antispasmodic agent, spasmolytic.

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"Antispasmodic" Quotes from Famous Books

... followed by a torrent of tears. I wished to give her an antispasmodic; she refused it, saying that only happy women could feel nervous; that the cruel situation to which she was reduced rendered these remedies useless. In fact, the Queen, who during her happier days was frequently attacked by hysterical disorders, ...

— Memoirs Of The Court Of Marie Antoinette, Queen Of France, Complete • Madame Campan

... for distention. Collins describes spontaneous rupture of the stomach in a woman of seventy-four, the subject of lateral curvature of the spine, who had frequent attacks of indigestion and tympanites. On the day of death there was considerable distention, and a gentle purgative and antispasmodic were given. Just before death a sudden explosive sound was heard, followed by collapse. A necropsy showed a rupture two inches long and two inches from the pyloric end. Lallemand mentions an instance ...

— Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine • George M. Gould

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