Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A crystalline compound, C14H30N2O4, formed by esterification of succinic acid with choline and used medically to produce brief but complete muscular relaxation during surgical anesthesia.
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- noun organic chemistry
Suxamethonium .
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- noun a muscle relaxant for striated muscle that is used as an adjunct to anesthesia during certain surgical procedures
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Forensic tests indicate he was first injected in the thigh with a fast-acting muscle relaxant called succinylcholine, which is said to be hard to detect.
The Seattle Times 2010
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Forensic tests indicate he was first injected in the thigh with a fast-acting muscle relaxant called succinylcholine, which is said to be hard to detect.
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The drug found in al-Mabhouh's bloodstream is known as succinylcholine and is frequently used by doctors to administer a breathing tube or anesthesia.
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1967: Researchers paralyze 64 prison inmates in California with a neuromuscular compound called succinylcholine, which produces suppressed breathing that feels similar to drowning.
WHAT REALLY HAPPENED 2009
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Nonpolarizing neuromuscular blocking agents such as succinylcholine can cause fasiculations, which are vaguely convulsive, but that is why polarizing agents such as rocuronium are used to suppress fasiculations, which can interfere with tracheal intubation (i.e., inserting a breathing tube).
Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en] 2008
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Nonpolarizing neuromuscular blocking agents such as succinylcholine can cause fasiculations, which are vaguely convulsive, but that is why polarizing agents such as rocuronium are used to suppress fasiculations, which can interfere with tracheal intubation (i.e., inserting a breathing tube).
Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en] 2008
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Nonpolarizing neuromuscular blocking agents such as succinylcholine can cause fasiculations, which are vaguely convulsive, but that is why polarizing agents such as rocuronium are used to suppress fasiculations, which can interfere with tracheal intubation (i.e., inserting a breathing tube).
Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en] 2008
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Nonpolarizing neuromuscular blocking agents such as succinylcholine can cause fasiculations, which are vaguely convulsive, but that is why polarizing agents such as rocuronium are used to suppress fasiculations, which can interfere with tracheal intubation (i.e., inserting a breathing tube).
Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en] 2008
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Nonpolarizing neuromuscular blocking agents such as succinylcholine can cause fasiculations, which are vaguely convulsive, but that is why polarizing agents such as rocuronium are used to suppress fasiculations, which can interfere with tracheal intubation (i.e., inserting a breathing tube).
Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en] 2008
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The pharmacists' survey showed the biggest shortage in 2010 involved the drug succinylcholine, used in procedures to insert a tube into patients' airways to help them breathe.
Most Hospitals Face Drug Shortages Jennifer Corbett Dooren 2011
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"Toxicology tests showed that he had been dosed with succinylcholine, a paralyzing agent."
—Michael Isikoff, "Murder in Dubai," Newsweek, March 15, 2010
March 17, 2010