"antispastic" meaning in English

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Adjective

Rhymes: -æstɪk Etymology: From anti- + spastic. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|anti|spastic}} anti- + spastic Head templates: {{head|en|adjective}} antispastic
  1. (pharmacology) That prevents or diminishes spasms; antispasmodic. Categories (topical): Pharmaceutical effects
    Sense id: en-antispastic-en-adj-iUrCHU0h Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with anti-, English terms suffixed with -ic, Pages with 2 entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 31 38 30 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with anti-: 49 51 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ic: 31 35 34 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 31 37 33 Topics: medicine, pharmacology, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Adjective

Rhymes: -æstɪk Etymology: From antispast + -ic. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|antispast|ic}} antispast + -ic Head templates: {{head|en|adjective}} antispastic
  1. (poetry) Of, pertaining to antispasts Categories (topical): Poetry
    Sense id: en-antispastic-en-adj-Lwsmp7mY Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ic, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 31 38 30 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ic: 31 35 34 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 31 37 33 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 31 39 31 Topics: communications, journalism, literature, media, poetry, publishing, writing
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Noun

Forms: antispastics [plural]
Rhymes: -æstɪk Etymology: From anti- + spastic. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|anti|spastic}} anti- + spastic Head templates: {{en-noun}} antispastic (plural antispastics)
  1. (pharmacology) A substance that prevents or diminishes spasms. Categories (topical): Pharmaceutical drugs
    Sense id: en-antispastic-en-noun-sBhEVGwA Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with anti-, English terms suffixed with -ic, Pages with 2 entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 31 38 30 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with anti-: 49 51 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ic: 31 35 34 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 31 37 33 Topics: medicine, pharmacology, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Inflected forms

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