1 a drug that makes people or animals calm:
The veterinarian who examined the horse gave him a tranquilizer to calm him down.
Painkillers or tranquilizers could not be sold without a prescription.
These apply mainly to diuretics and tranquilizers, and drugs with anticholinergic effects.
He had several therapy courses involving tranquilizers, antidepressants, antipsychotic drugs, behavior therapy and group therapy, but with very limited success.
Other extracts from periwinkle help lower blood sugar in diabetics and are the basis for powerful tranquilizers.
Acetorphine was developed for the same purpose as etorphine itself, namely as a strong tranquilizer for use in immobilizing large animals in veterinary medicine.
The detectives found no listening devices, but did find a bag of used hypodermic syringes and vials of pharmaceutical grade tranquilizers.
Many types of rauwolfia were employed by jungle shamans centuries before our medical men thought of tranquilizers.
Other significant drugs include opium and tranquilizers, which are currently being used by a quarter of all respondents.
