Usually means: Substances that reduce anxiety, induce calm.
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General (10 matching dictionaries)
  1. sedatives: Merriam-Webster
  2. sedatives: Collins English Dictionary
  3. sedatives: Vocabulary.com
  4. Sedatives, sedatives: Wordnik
  5. sedatives: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  6. sedatives: Wiktionary
  7. sedatives: Dictionary.com
  8. sedatives: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  9. Sedatives: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  10. Sedatives: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Sedatives: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Sedatives: Encyclopedia

Medicine (4 matching dictionaries)
  1. sedatives: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. Sedatives: Merck Manuals
  3. Sleep Terms (No longer online)
  4. Sedatives: Medical dictionary

Science (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Botanical Terms (No longer online)

(Note: See sedative as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (sedative)

noun:  (pharmacology) An agent or drug that sedates, having a calming or soothing effect, or inducing sleep.
adjective:  (pharmacology) Calming, soothing, inducing sleep, tranquilizing
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