convulsant

convulsant
adjective
  1. (chiefly of drugs) producing sudden and involuntary muscle contractions
    (主要指药物)引起惊厥的;引起抽搐的
noun
  1. a convulsant drug
    痉挛药;惊厥剂
语源
  1. late 19th cent.: from French, from convulser, from Latin convuls- 'pulled violently, wrenched', from the verb convellere (see convulse)
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