anticonvulsant
A drug used to prevent seizures or reduce their severity.
cardiovascular drug
A drug that affects the rate or intensity of cardiac contraction, blood vessel diameter or blood volume.
fertilizer
A fertilizer is any substance that is added to soil or water to assist the growth of plants.
anti-arrhythmia drug
A drug used for the treatment or prevention of cardiac arrhythmias. Anti-arrhythmia drugs may affect the polarisation-repolarisation phase of the action potential, its excitability or refractoriness, or impulse conduction or membrane responsiveness within cardiac fibres.
analgesic
An agent capable of relieving pain without the loss of consciousness or without producing anaesthesia. In addition, analgesic is a role played by a compound which is exhibited by a capability to cause a reduction of pain symptoms.
tocolytic agent
Any compound used to suppress premature labour and immature birth by suppressing uterine contractions.
anaesthetic
Substance which produces loss of feeling or sensation.
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