Tranquilizer


or tranquillizer
[trang-kwuh-lahy-zer] /ˈtræŋ kwəˌlaɪ zər/
noun
1.
a person or thing that tranquilizes.
2.
a drug that has a sedative or calming effect without inducing sleep.
3.
antianxiety drug.
4.
antipsychotic (def 2).

tranquilizer tran·quil·iz·er (trāng’kwə-līz’ər, trān’-)
n.
A drug that promotes tranquility by calming, soothing, quieting, or pacifying without depressant effects.
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