succinylcholine

succinylcholine
A neuromuscular relaxant with short duration of action which characteristically first depolarizes the motor endplate (phase I block) but which is often later associated with a curare-like, nondepolarizing neuromuscular block (phase II block); used to produce relaxation for tracheal intubation and during surgical anesthesia. SYN: diacetylcholine, suxamethonium.

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suc·ci·nyl·cho·line .sək-sən-əl-'kō-.lēn, -sə-.nil- n a basic compound that acts similarly to curare and is used intravenously chiefly in the form of its chloride salt C14H30Cl2N2O4 as a short-acting relaxant of skeletal muscle in surgery called also suxamethonium see ANECTINE

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  • succinylcholine — noun Date: 1950 a basic compound that is used intravenously chiefly in the form of a hydrated chloride C14H30Cl2N2O4•2H2O as a muscle relaxant in surgery …   New Collegiate Dictionary

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  • succinylcholine — suc·ci·nyl·choline …   English syllables

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