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Antispasmodic vs Aspidospermine - What's the difference?

antispasmodic | aspidospermine |

In medicine|lang=en terms the difference between antispasmodic and aspidospermine

is that antispasmodic is (medicine) referring to something that suppresses spasms, generally a drug while aspidospermine is (medicine) an alkaloid, obtained from quebracho bark, that was once used as a respiratory stimulant and antispasmodic, and as an antipyretic in typhoid fever.

As nouns the difference between antispasmodic and aspidospermine

is that antispasmodic is (pharmacology) a drug that suppresses spasms while aspidospermine is (medicine) an alkaloid, obtained from quebracho bark, that was once used as a respiratory stimulant and antispasmodic, and as an antipyretic in typhoid fever.

As an adjective antispasmodic

is (medicine) referring to something that suppresses spasms, generally a drug.

antispasmodic

English

(wikipedia antispasmodic)

Adjective

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  • (medicine) Referring to something that suppresses spasms, generally a drug.

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • (pharmacology) A drug that suppresses spasms.

    • aspidospermine

    English

    Noun

    (-)
  • (medicine) An alkaloid, obtained from quebracho bark, that was once used as a respiratory stimulant and antispasmodic, and as an antipyretic in typhoid fever