muscle relaxant

noun

: a drug that relaxes muscles

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In 2018, two children in Samoa died after receiving measles vaccines, because the nurses who administered them had mistakenly mixed the vaccine powder with a muscle relaxant. Dhruv Khullar, The New Yorker, 24 Nov. 2024 If your clenching is particularly severe, you might be prescribed a muscle relaxant that reduces muscle spasms in your face and jaw. Angela Haupt, TIME, 25 July 2024 As her symptoms worsened, her doctors prescribed different drugs, including Valium (diazepam) as a muscle relaxant. Becky Upham, EverydayHealth.com, 27 June 2024 Dion was taking life-threatening amounts of Valium, which can act as a muscle relaxant, to make it through performances. Becky Upham, EverydayHealth.com, 27 June 2024 See all Example Sentences for muscle relaxant 

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“Muscle relaxant.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/muscle%20relaxant. Accessed 18 Dec. 2024.

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