英语词汇“calmative”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组、英语词典-本地帮

单词

calmative

释义

calmative, a. and n. Chiefly Med.|ˈkælmətɪv, ˈkɑːm-|
[f. calm v. + -ative. (The Latinic suffix is here defensible on the ground of the It. and Sp. calmar, F. calmer: but cf. -ative.)]
A. adj. Having a calming effect; sedative.
1871G. H. Napheys Prev. & Cure Dis. ii. v. 569 Cool sponging of the body is grateful and calmative in delirium.1875H. Wood Therap. 59 A calmative action on the nervous system.
B. n. A medical agent which quiets inordinate action of an organ; transf. and fig. anything which has a calming effect.
1870Pall Mall G. 5 Nov. 4 The venerable Professor of Materia Medica tried to prescribe a calmative.1875H. Walton Dis. Eye 103 The combination of iron with calmatives and sedatives.1883Brit. Q. Rev. July 19 There is no more effectual calmative to the irritable nervous system than the healthy fatigue of sustained labour.

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