Definition of Tranquillizers

1. Noun. (plural of tranquillizer) ¹

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Definition of Tranquillizers

1. tranquillizer [n] - See also: tranquillizer

Lexicographical Neighbors of Tranquillizers

tranquilizingly
tranquiller
tranquillest
tranquillisation
tranquillise
tranquilliser
tranquillisers
tranquillising agent
tranquillities
tranquillity
tranquillityite
tranquillization
tranquillize
tranquillized
tranquillizer
tranquillizers
tranquillizes
tranquillizing
tranquillizingly
tranquilly
tranquilness
tranquilnesses
trans-
trans-2-hydroxybenzylidenepyruvate hydratase-aldolase
trans-3-chloroacrylic acid dehalogenase
trans-4-coumaroyl esterase
trans-Alaska pipeline
trans-Atlantic
trans-Golgi reticulum

Literary usage of Tranquillizers

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Lifelong Passion: Nicholas and Alexandra: Their Own Story by Andrei Maylunas (2005)
"Psychotropic drugs (tranquillizers and hypnotics) are specially used by aged women on medical prescription. For the study of drug abuse, data is collected ..."

2. Treatment of Drug Dependent Individuals with Comorbid Mental Disorders edited by Lisa S. Onken, Jack D. Blaine, Sander Genser, Arthur M. Horton (1998)
"Tyrer, P. Dependence as a limiting factor in the clinical use of minor tranquillizers. Pharmacol Ther 36:173-188, 1988. Tyrer, P.; Murphy, S.; Oates, ..."

3. Death by Default: A Policy of Fatal Neglect in China's State Orphanages by Robin Munro (1996)
"This commonly used disciplinary measure, moreover, is reportedly sometimes enhanced by injecting tranquillizers into the victim's back to induce hours of ..."

4. The Relationship Between Family Structure & Adolescent Substance Use by Robert A. Johnson, John P. Hoffman, Dean R. Gerstein (1996)
"... cocaine, sedatives used for nonmedical reasons, tranquillizers used for nonmedical reasons, analgesics used for nonmedical reasons, and heroin. ..."

5. The Life of Joseph Addison by Lucy Aikin (1843)
"Who was there so excellently skilled in those gentle and graceful, and amusing arts by which reason,—the greatest of all tranquillizers,—may be successfully ..."

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