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- adjective medicine Describing drugs that reduce
gastrointestinal motility ( in the treatment ofdiarrhea )
Etymologies
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Examples
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By slowing transit time in the gut, antimotility agents would work against this action.
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In both cases antimotility agents can increase the severity of the illness by delaying the clearance of the causative organisms from the body.
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Dr. Mariano believes the President's improved voice is due to his cutting down on his speaking and the effects of antimotility medication.
Press Briefing By Mike Mccurry ITY National Archives 1996
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These include antibiotics like chloramphenicol and tetracycline, cathartics, antimotility agents, and pectin-containing antidiarrheals, the majority of which have been judged by the World Health Organization to be ineffective, unindicated, or, indeed, harmful.
Chapter 9 1985
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