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ANTISPASMODICS

"ANTISPASMODICS" is a plural of: antispasmodic.


Specialty Definition: ANTISPASMODICS

DomainDefinition

Health

Medicines that help reduce or stop muscle spasms in the intestines. Examples are dicyclomine (dy-SY-klo-meen) (Bentyl) and atropine (AH-tro-peen) (Donnatal). (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Non-Fiction Usage: ANTISPASMODICS

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Health

Pain medications (especially narcotics), antacids that contain aluminum, antispasmodics, antidepressants, iron supplements, diuretics, and anticonvulsants for epilepsy can slow passage of bowel movements. (references)

These antispasmodics work directly on bladder muscle, but they have a mild anticholinergic effect as well. A randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled study has shown benefit with oxybutynin in patients with detrusor instability, some but not all of whom were incontinent. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: ANTISPASMODICS

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

antispasmodics

10
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: ANTISPASMODICS

Language Translations for "ANTISPASMODICS"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Danish

  

antispasmodika (antispasmodic, spasm treatment), krampestillende midler (antispastics, spasmolysant, spasmolytic). (various references)

   

Dutch

  

antispastica (antispastics), antispasmodica (antispastics), spasmolytica (antispastics). (various references)

   

French

  

remèdes antispasmodiques (antispastics). (various references)

   

German

  

Antispasmodika (antispastics). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

αντισπασμωδικά φάρμακα (antispastics). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

antispasmodicsay

   

Portuguese

  

antiespasmódicos (antispastics). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

antiespasmódicos (antispastics). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Misspellings: ANTISPASMODICS

Misspellings

"ANTISPASMODICS" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: antipasmodic. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Anagrams: ANTISPASMODICS

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-a-c-d-i-i-m-n-o-p-s-s-s-t"

-1 letter: antispasmodic.

-2 letters: adoptianisms, dipsomaniacs.

-3 letters: adoptianism, dipsomaniac, dipsomanias, miscaptions.

-4 letters: admissions, dipsomania, dispassion, impactions, impassions, miscaption, mosaicists, staminodia.

-5 letters: actinisms, actinoids, adaptions, admission, ascidians, camisados, diapasons, impaction, impassion, iotacisms, mandiocas, mantissas, massicots, midpoints, misadapts, mispaints, mispoints, monastics, mosaicist, opticians, saintdoms, sandsoaps, satanisms, satinpods, simoniacs, simonists, simpatico, sinapisms, spasmodic, spondaics, stoicisms.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Quotations: Non-fiction
3. Expressions: Internet
4. Translations: Modern
5. Derivations
6. Anagrams
7. Bibliography


  

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