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PROCYCLIDINE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does procyclidine mean? 

PROCYCLIDINE (noun)
  The noun PROCYCLIDINE has 1 sense:

1. drug (trade name Kemadrin) used to reduce tremors in Parkinsonismplay

  Familiarity information: PROCYCLIDINE used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


PROCYCLIDINE (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Drug (trade name Kemadrin) used to reduce tremors in Parkinsonism

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

Kemadrin; procyclidine

Hypernyms ("procyclidine" is a kind of...):

muscle relaxant (a drug that reduces muscle contractility by blocking the transmission of nerve impulses or by decreasing the excitability of the motor end plate or by other actions)


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