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Muscle relaxant Moderate

Muscle relaxant has 2 different meanings across 1 category:

Noun

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Noun
1

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

2

Any drug which affects skeletal muscle function and decreases the muscle tone.

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