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Neuromuscular Nondepolarizing Agents
Medical Definition: | Drugs that interrupt transmission at the skeletal neuromuscular junction without causing depolarization of the motor end plate. They prevent acetylcholine from triggering muscle contraction and are used as muscle relaxants during electroshock treatments, in convulsive states, and as anesthesia adjuvants. |
Guide Notes: | GEN or unspecified; prefer specifics; note X ref CURARE-LIKE AGENTS: consider also CURARE; DF: note short X ref |
Previously Indexed: | Muscles (1966-1969) |
Neuromuscular Nondepolarizing Agents Medical Definitions and Terms
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