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Tending to calm, moderate, or tranquilize

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  1. a. Tending to calm, moderate, or tranquilize
  2. a. allaying irritability and irritation; assuaging pain.
  3. n. A remedy which allays irritability and irritation, and irritative activity or pain.
  4. adj. tending to soothe or tranquilize
  5. n. a drug that reduces excitability and calms a person
  6. Tending to calm, moderate, or tranquilize; specifically (Med.), allaying irritability and irritation; assuaging pain. A remedy which allays irritability and irritation, and irritative activity or pain.
  7. Tending to calm, moderate, or tranquilize; specifically (Med.),allaying irritability and irritation; assuaging pain.
  8. j:16/n:84 n. a drug that reduces excitability and calms a person