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Definition of convulsant in English: convulsantadjective kənˈvʌls(ə)ntkənˈvəlsənt (chiefly of drugs) producing sudden and involuntary muscle contractions. （主要指药物）引起惊厥的；引起抽搐的 Example sentencesExamples - This is done by the psychiatric profession under the medical term ‘ECT’ (electro convulsant therapy).
- Some users, however, report that they become more sensitive to cocaine's anesthetic and convulsant effects even without increasing the amount.
- Experimental studies have confirmed that folates are highly convulsant if the blood-brain barrier is circumvented.
noun kənˈvʌls(ə)ntkənˈvəlsənt A convulsant drug. 引厥剂 Example sentencesExamples - The toxic ingredients are of various types, ranging from local irritants to convulsants, hallucinogens, and neurotoxins (nerve poisons).
- Other herbal extracts, essence of sage which contains camphor, a well-known convulsant, and essence of hysop which contains pinocamphone, a neurotoxin, are commonly encountered ‘natural remedies.’
- Seizures could be nonepileptic if evoked in the normal brain by treatments, such as electric shock or chemical convulsants, or epileptic when occurring without evident provocation.
OriginLate 19th century: from French, from convulser, from Latin convuls- 'pulled violently, wrenched', from the verb convellere (see convulse). Definition of convulsant in US English: convulsantadjectivekənˈvəlsəntkənˈvəlsənt (chiefly of drugs) producing sudden and involuntary muscle contractions. （主要指药物）引起惊厥的；引起抽搐的 Example sentencesExamples - This is done by the psychiatric profession under the medical term ‘ECT’ (electro convulsant therapy).
- Experimental studies have confirmed that folates are highly convulsant if the blood-brain barrier is circumvented.
- Some users, however, report that they become more sensitive to cocaine's anesthetic and convulsant effects even without increasing the amount.
nounkənˈvəlsəntkənˈvəlsənt A convulsant drug. 引厥剂 Example sentencesExamples - The toxic ingredients are of various types, ranging from local irritants to convulsants, hallucinogens, and neurotoxins (nerve poisons).
- Other herbal extracts, essence of sage which contains camphor, a well-known convulsant, and essence of hysop which contains pinocamphone, a neurotoxin, are commonly encountered ‘natural remedies.’
- Seizures could be nonepileptic if evoked in the normal brain by treatments, such as electric shock or chemical convulsants, or epileptic when occurring without evident provocation.
OriginLate 19th century: from French, from convulser, from Latin convuls- ‘pulled violently, wrenched’, from the verb convellere (see convulse). |