Crossword clues for tranquilizer
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Tranquilizer \Tran"quil*i`zer\, Tranquillizer \Tran"quil*li`zer\ , n. One who, or that which, tranquilizes.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1800, "that which tranquilizes;" from 1824 as "a sedative" (first reference is to ground ivy), agent noun from tranquilize; in reference to one of a large group of anti-anxiety drugs, it is recorded by 1956.
Wiktionary
alt. 1 That which tranquillizes or soothes. 2 (context pharmacology English) A drug used to reduce anxiety or tension; a sedative. n. 1 That which tranquillizes or soothes. 2 (context pharmacology English) A drug used to reduce anxiety or tension; a sedative.
WordNet
n. a drug used to reduce stress or tension without reducing mental clarity [syn: tranquillizer, tranquilliser, antianxiety agent, ataractic drug, ataractic agent, ataractic]
Wikipedia
A tranquilizer is a drug that induces tranquility in a person and other animals.
The term is generally used as a synonym for sedative. When used by health care professionals, it is usually qualified or replaced with more precise terms:
- minor tranquilizer usually refers to anxiolytics.
- major tranquilizer usually refers to antipsychotics.
Mood stabilizers can also be considered tranquilizing agents.
Usage examples of "tranquilizer".
Milksnake, a Yemenite Sunni, and not the brightest star in the mercenary sky, cocked a Beeman air pistol modified to fire tranquilizer darts.
I have to take Dexies to stay high at school and at work and on dates and to do my homework, then I have to take tranquilizers to bear up at home.
Drugs like Largactil, Modecate, Disipal, Priadel, and Haloperidol were used, mainly as tranquilizers.
Tom wondered if the amaryllises, able to control only Kimmer, and then only when she was downstairs, had replaced or supplemented their pheromones with some enervating tranquilizer.
York Times DRUG PERIL CLAIMED -Miarni Herald BIG PROFIT FOUND IN TRANQUILIZERS Chlorpromazine 6 Times Costlier in U.
I made a note to purchase shin guards and earplugs, not to mention a tranquilizer or two, and a stun gun, should the crowd go wild.
Sweating excessively Softly undid the belts on his leather briefcase, lifted the worn flap and began sifting among bottles, tubes and packets of stimulants, re-laxants, euphoriants, deliriants, sedative-hypnotics, local anesthetics and animal tranquilizers.
I will need to keep her on antidepressant medication and mild tranquilizers for a while yet, to help lessen some of the more painful symptoms.
Unlike the multipurpose nature of Seven’s own standard servo, Noon’s device was capable of only two discreet functions: a mild tranquilizer beam and, in the event of an emergency, a preprogrammed escape command that would automatically transport the young man back to a secluded alley in Bhopal.
Suddenly there was both enthusiasm and money for biology, and a torrent of discoveries poured forth: tranquilizers, steroid hormones, immunochemistry, the genetic code.
For twelve months now all I have done is stuffed myself, puked wretched collages in the toilet bowl, swallowed 1000 tranquilizers without water, stared at the idiot-box, coddled myself, and watched the snakes grow larger inside my head while waiting for the clockhand to turn.
Should they use a dissociative anesthetic, a tranquilizer, a non-narcotic sedative, or a narcotic drug?
Carlo had both a hypodermic and a dart gun loaded with enough of the animal tranquilizer acepromazine to drop an animal of Dr Lecter's size in seconds.
During the first six or seven months, we gave her an entire pharmacy of sedatives, tranquilizers, soporifics, stimulants, neural inhibitors, beta blockers, SSRIs, antiseizure drugs-enough medication to comatize a horse.
She called an animal shelter and a man wearing a denim jacket and heavy gloves came and shot it with a tranquilizer dart.