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A muscle relaxant for striated muscle that is used as an adjunct to anesthesia during certain surgical procedures
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succinylcholine
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WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. a muscle relaxant for striated muscle that is used as an adjunct to anesthesia during certain surgical procedures
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. (context organic compound English) suxamethonium.
Usage examples of succinylcholine.
On a cold winter day, outside, the esterases might not be able to break down the succinylcholine because of a diminution of chemical processes.
The ER docs among you might make a more experienced guess and assume that it was done with a paralyzing relaxant like pancuronium bromide, curate, or succinylcholine.
The blood work will not show the succinylcholine because it metabolizes even after death.
A whole battery of anesthesiologists bent over their consoles, ready to damp out the least twinge, while two more, just to play it safe, sprayed the Emir's neck with a surface anesthetic and administered a shot of succinylcholine to paralyze the Emir's respiratory muscles for the few moments it would take to begin oxygenating the bloodstream directly through the machines.
Neither d-tubocurarine, pavulon, succinylcholine nor ketamine are reticular formation suppressants, though they'll knock you out.