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Tending to calm, moderate, or tranquilize; specifically (Med.), allaying irritability and irritation; assuaging pain.

Tending to allay venereal excitement or desire; sedative.

A colorless or white crystalline compound, (CH2)6N4C2H5Br, used as a sedative in epilepsy.

H16O, is volatile and fragrant, and is used in medicine as a diaphoretic, a stimulant, or sedative.

some perennial or biennial plant, whose leaves are used as a powerful medicine, both as a sedative and diuretic. See Digitalis. Pan through the pastures oftentimes hath run To pluck the speckled foxgloves from their stem. W. Browne.

consistence thinner than an ointment, applied to the skin by friction, esp. one used as a sedative or a stimulant.

; -- the alchemical name of lead being Saturn. -- Sal sedativus Etym: [NL.] (Old Chem.), sedative salt, or boric acid. -- Sal Seignette Etym: [F. seignette, sel de seignette] (Chem.), Rochelle salt. -- Sal soda (Chem.), sodium carbonate. See under Sodium. -- Sal vitrioli Etym: [NL.] (Old Chem.), white vitriol; zinc…

ate; -- the alchemical name of copper being Venus. -- Salt of wisdom. See Alembroth. -- Sedative salt (Old Med. Chem.), boric acid. -- Sesqui salt (Chem.), a salt derived from a sesquioxide base or analogous compound. -- Spirit of salt. (Chem.) See under Spirit. -- Sulpho salt (Chem.), a salt analogous to an oxy s…

rly twisted flowers. One species (Strophanthus hispidus) is used medicinally as a cardiac sedative and stimulant.