muscle relaxant

noun

: a drug that relaxes muscles

Examples of muscle relaxant in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web 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 According to her family’s negligent death lawsuit, she was injected with a muscle relaxant in her upper left arm and discharged. David Matthews, New York Daily News, 22 Feb. 2024 The evening before Elijah was last seen, Vang had three 12-ounce beers and a muscle relaxant as a sleep aid, Vang told police, according to the complaint. Paradise Afshar, CNN, 27 Feb. 2024 Three drugs were also found in Selena’s system that may have contributed to her death: THC, the psychoactive ingredient in marijuana; trazodone, an antidepressant; and cyclobenzaprine, a muscle relaxant. Jeremy Childs, Los Angeles Times, 12 Jan. 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 27 Jul. 2024.

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