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• n  a drug that relaxes and relieves tension
• s  tending to relax or relieve muscular or nervous tension
  a relaxant drug

• She ordered a nurse to inject the patient with a muscle relaxant while the technician, Mohammed Assaly, checked the girl's ventilator, careful not to touch her face, which was .
• Botox, a facial-muscle relaxant that was used by some 3.
• The new tablet is a powerful muscle relaxant with some unusual painkilling qualities.

News & Articles

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• Autopsy: Reid Flair died from toxic mix of heroin, prescription drugs
  CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- Promising pro wrestler Reid Fliehr died in late March from a toxic combination of heroin and other drugs, according to an autopsy released Friday by the Mecklenburg County Medical Examiner’s office. The report also said that Fliehr, the son of wrestling icon Ric Flair of Charlotte, had traces of clonazepam, a muscle relaxant, and alprazolam, an anti-anxiety drug commonly ...
  June 14, 2013 - WCNC Charlotte

Quotes

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• Rob Kampia in Salem-News.Com
  Kellogg's is telling young people that drunk driving is okay, but using a social relaxant that's safer than beer gets you fired,Kampia said. "That's not just outrageous, it's potentially lethal. We all know that boycotts are difficult to...
• Sarah Lyall in Los Angeles Times
  Even alcohol, Lyall writes, functions for the British as "a relaxant, an emollient, a crutch, a relief, an excuse. If they go overboard it is the get-out-of-jail-free card that allows them to throw up their hands, palms out, and disavow...
• Usain Bolt in Xinhua
  Bolt said, "I was relaxant and always relaxant."