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relaxant

noun as in depressant

Weak match

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He is accused of administering an anaesthetic and a muscle relaxant to his patients without their knowledge or consent.

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“I describe it to people as a muscle relaxant,” Edward said.

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But all contain the same harmful mix of ingredients: tapentadol, a powerful opioid, and carisoprodol, a muscle relaxant so addictive it's banned in Europe.

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The outbreak was prompted by the deaths of two children who received vaccines prepared with an expired muscle relaxant instead of water.

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After two Samoan children died in 2018 from vaccines that nurses accidentally infused with muscle relaxant, the Samoan government suspended its vaccination program.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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