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SEDATION

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

The administration of a sedative agent or drug

Synonyms:

drugging; sedation

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("sedation" is a kind of...):

administration; giving medication (the act of administering medication)

Derivation:

sedate (cause to be calm or quiet as by administering a sedative to)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A state of reduced excitement or anxiety that is induced by the administrative of a sedative agent

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("sedation" is a kind of...):

physical condition; physiological condition; physiological state (the condition or state of the body or bodily functions)

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 Context examples: 

It also induces sedation through histamine 1 receptor blockage; hypotension through beta-adrenergic blockage; and diverse parasympatholytic effects.

(Imipramine, NCI Thesaurus)

Palliative sedation may be used in patients who are near the end of life to make them more comfortable.

(Palliative sedation, NCI Dictionary)

Moderate sedation is caused by special drugs and is used to help relieve anxiety during certain medical or surgical procedures.

(Moderate sedation, NCI Dictionary)

A level of sedation in which a person is very relaxed and may be awake.

(Anxiolysis, NCI Dictionary)

Conscious or intravenous (IV) sedation: uses a mild sedative to relax you and pain medicine to relieve pain. You stay awake but may not remember the procedure afterwards.

(Anesthesia, NIH)

In the central nervous and gastrointestinal systems, this agent has widespread effects including analgesia, anxiolysis, euphoria, sedation, respiratory depression, and gastrointestinal system smooth muscle contraction.

(Morphine sulfate, NCI Thesaurus)

However, it also causes sedation, physical dependence, and respiratory depressant effects and decreases heart rate and blood pressure.

(Buprenorphine Hydrochloride, NCI Thesaurus)

Consequently, its physiologic effects include sedation, hypnosis, reduction of anxiety, and respiratory depression and the drug causes tolerance and dependence.

(Butalbital, NCI Thesaurus)

In the central nervous and gastrointestinal systems, this agent exhibits widespread effects including analgesia, anxiolysis, euphoria, sedation, respiratory depression, and gastrointestinal system smooth muscle contraction.

(Morphine, NCI Thesaurus)

Meperidine mimics the actions of endogenous neuropeptides via opioid receptors, thereby producing the characteristic morphine-like effects on the mu-opioid receptor, including analgesia, euphoria, sedation, respiratory depression, miosis, bradycardia and physical dependence.

(Meperidine, NCI Thesaurus)