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词汇 convulsant
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Definition of convulsant in English:

convulsant

adjective 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.

Origin

Late 19th century: from French, from convulser, from Latin convuls- 'pulled violently, wrenched', from the verb convellere (see convulse).

Definition of convulsant in US English:

convulsant

adjectivekənˈvəlsəntkənˈvəlsənt
  • (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.

Origin

Late 19th century: from French, from convulser, from Latin convuls- ‘pulled violently, wrenched’, from the verb convellere (see convulse).

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