Sedative
noun
A drug taken to calm nerves or to help you sleep.
Her doctor prescribed a mild sedative to help her sleep.
Often appears as...
- take a sedative
- prescribed a sedative
Usage tips
Medical
adjective
Causing or encouraging calm or sleep.
The tea had a sedative effect and helped her relax.
Often appears as...
- sedative effect
- sedative properties
Usage tips
Medical
noun
A drug taken to calm nerves or to help you sleep.
Her doctor prescribed a mild sedative to help her sleep.
Often appears as...
- take a sedative
- prescribed a sedative
Usage tips
Medical
adjective
Causing or encouraging calm or sleep.
The tea had a sedative effect and helped her relax.
Often appears as...
- sedative effect
- sedative properties
Usage tips
Medical
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Medical Context
‘Sedative’ is often used in medical settings to describe specific medications.
The patient was given a sedative before the procedure.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Always Drugs
While usually drugs, 'sedative' can refer to any calming substance or activity.
Listening to classical music can be a natural sedative.
Pro Tip 3/3Avoid Dependency
Use 'sedative' with care to imply that dependency on it for sleep or calm is risky.
She became reliant on the sedative to fall asleep.
Pro Tip 1/3Medical Context
‘Sedative’ is often used in medical settings to describe specific medications.
The patient was given a sedative before the procedure.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Always Drugs
While usually drugs, 'sedative' can refer to any calming substance or activity.
Listening to classical music can be a natural sedative.
Pro Tip 3/3Avoid Dependency
Use 'sedative' with care to imply that dependency on it for sleep or calm is risky.
She became reliant on the sedative to fall asleep.
Pro Tip 1/3Medical Context
‘Sedative’ is often used in medical settings to describe specific medications.
The patient was given a sedative before the procedure.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Always Drugs
While usually drugs, 'sedative' can refer to any calming substance or activity.
Listening to classical music can be a natural sedative.
Pro Tip 3/3Avoid Dependency
Use 'sedative' with care to imply that dependency on it for sleep or calm is risky.
She became reliant on the sedative to fall asleep.
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How does anesthesia...
Common intravenous agents include sedatives, like propofol, which induce unconsciousness, and opioids, like fentanyl, which reduce pain. These general anesthetics also seem to work by affecting electrical signals in the nervous system. Normally, the brain's electrical signals are a chaotic chorus
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What causes seizures,...
could account for different seizure types and symptoms. So if seizures were due to neurons misfiring, how could doctors stop this from happening? Physicians like Sir Charles Locock hypothesized that sedative drugs might calm overactive brain activity, a theory he confirmed by treating seizures
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How one scientist...
Her FDA colleagues supported this decision. Merrell had expected a quick, affirmative reply so it could launch thalidomide for the holiday season, when sedative sales soar. Instead of supplying Kelsey with the data she requested they first tried to convince her to approve the drug
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Our story of rape and...
and helped me get a grasp of the melodic Icelandic language. I struggled a bit with the initial period of homesickness. I snowboarded after school, and I slept a lot. Two hours of chemistry class in a language that you don't yet fully understand can be a pretty good sedative.
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Jared Diamond: Lessons...
when you are the relative responsible for the medical care of an old person and when you're the one who has to decide whether and when to hold further medical interventions and when just to administer painkillers and sedatives for a sick spouse or parent at the opposite
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How does alcohol make...
of alcohol. Others have a variation in GABA transmission that makes them especially sensitive to the sedative effects of alcohol, which decreases their risk of developing disordered drinking. Meanwhile, the brain adapts to chronic alcohol consumption by reducing GABA,
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Why sleep matters now...
really helps me fall asleep faster unfortunately alcohol is the enemy of sleep and alcohol will hurt your sleep in at least 3 different ways but the alcohol is a class of drugs that we call the sedatives and sedation is not sleep
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How caffeine and alcohol...
of the most misunderstood sleep aids out there. In fact, it's anything but a sleep aid. And it can be problematic for your sleep in at least three different ways. First, alcohol is in a class of drugs that we call the sedatives.
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Best Tiger Cub Moments...
the sedative stops the cub from blinking a gel protects its eyes from drying out they've got to get this weak curb
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Saving a Siberian Tiger...
the sedative stops the cub from blinking a gel protects its eyes from drying out sorry about you
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How does anesthesia...
Common intravenous agents include sedatives, like propofol, which induce unconsciousness, and opioids, like fentanyl, which reduce pain. These general anesthetics also seem to work by affecting electrical signals in the nervous system. Normally, the brain's electrical signals are a chaotic chorus
Video examples
What causes seizures,...
could account for different seizure types and symptoms. So if seizures were due to neurons misfiring, how could doctors stop this from happening? Physicians like Sir Charles Locock hypothesized that sedative drugs might calm overactive brain activity, a theory he confirmed by treating seizures
Video examples
How one scientist...
Her FDA colleagues supported this decision. Merrell had expected a quick, affirmative reply so it could launch thalidomide for the holiday season, when sedative sales soar. Instead of supplying Kelsey with the data she requested they first tried to convince her to approve the drug
Video examples
Our story of rape and...
and helped me get a grasp of the melodic Icelandic language. I struggled a bit with the initial period of homesickness. I snowboarded after school, and I slept a lot. Two hours of chemistry class in a language that you don't yet fully understand can be a pretty good sedative.
Video examples
Jared Diamond: Lessons...
when you are the relative responsible for the medical care of an old person and when you're the one who has to decide whether and when to hold further medical interventions and when just to administer painkillers and sedatives for a sick spouse or parent at the opposite
Video examples
How does alcohol make...
of alcohol. Others have a variation in GABA transmission that makes them especially sensitive to the sedative effects of alcohol, which decreases their risk of developing disordered drinking. Meanwhile, the brain adapts to chronic alcohol consumption by reducing GABA,
Video examples
Why sleep matters now...
really helps me fall asleep faster unfortunately alcohol is the enemy of sleep and alcohol will hurt your sleep in at least 3 different ways but the alcohol is a class of drugs that we call the sedatives and sedation is not sleep
Video examples
How caffeine and alcohol...
of the most misunderstood sleep aids out there. In fact, it's anything but a sleep aid. And it can be problematic for your sleep in at least three different ways. First, alcohol is in a class of drugs that we call the sedatives.
Video examples
Best Tiger Cub Moments...
the sedative stops the cub from blinking a gel protects its eyes from drying out they've got to get this weak curb
Video examples
Saving a Siberian Tiger...
the sedative stops the cub from blinking a gel protects its eyes from drying out sorry about you
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Ronnie Corbett
Scottish Comedian
I suppose to the outside world I do seem slightly obsessed. But I once had a balance problem with my inner ear, and the fear loitered. Yet I have found that golf is like a yoga procedure for me: it's had wonderful, sedative, remedial qualities for my day-to-day life.
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Matthew Walker
English Scientist
Alcohol is a class of drugs that we call 'the sedatives.' And what you're doing is just knocking your brain out. You're not putting it into natural sleep.
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Alex Guarnaschelli
American Chef
I know that some people use lavender, incense, and cake as sedatives, but for me, a 'nose bath' in an old book just does something.
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Ronnie Corbett
Scottish Comedian
I suppose to the outside world I do seem slightly obsessed. But I once had a balance problem with my inner ear, and the fear loitered. Yet I have found that golf is like a yoga procedure for me: it's had wonderful, sedative, remedial qualities for my day-to-day life.
Quote examples
Matthew Walker
English Scientist
Alcohol is a class of drugs that we call 'the sedatives.' And what you're doing is just knocking your brain out. You're not putting it into natural sleep.
Quote examples
Alex Guarnaschelli
American Chef
I know that some people use lavender, incense, and cake as sedatives, but for me, a 'nose bath' in an old book just does something.
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