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SUCCINYLCHOLINE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does succinylcholine mean?
• SUCCINYLCHOLINE (noun)
The noun SUCCINYLCHOLINE has 1 sense:
1. a muscle relaxant for striated muscle that is used as an adjunct to anesthesia during certain surgical procedures
Familiarity information: SUCCINYLCHOLINE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A muscle relaxant for striated muscle that is used as an adjunct to anesthesia during certain surgical procedures
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("succinylcholine" 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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