Usually means: Substance that calms or reduces excitement.
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General (26 matching dictionaries)
  1. sedative: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. sedative: Merriam-Webster
  3. sedative: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. sedative: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. sedative: Collins English Dictionary
  6. sedative: Vocabulary.com
  7. Sedative, sedative: Wordnik
  8. sedative: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. sedative: Wiktionary
  10. sedative: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  11. sedative: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  12. sedative: Infoplease Dictionary
  13. sedative: Dictionary.com
  14. sedative (adj.): Online Etymology Dictionary
  15. sedative: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  16. Sedative: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  17. Sedative: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  18. sedative: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  19. sedative: Rhymezone
  20. sedative: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  21. sedative: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  22. sedative: FreeDictionary.org
  23. sedative: Mnemonic Dictionary
  24. sedative: TheFreeDictionary.com

Art (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Sedative: Health & Beauty Glossary

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  1. sedative: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. sedative: Encyclopedia

Medicine (10 matching dictionaries)
  1. sedative: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  3. Sedative: MedTerms.com Medical Dictionary
  4. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  5. Lay Terms for Consent Forms (No longer online)
  6. Hepatitis C Information Central (No longer online)
  7. sedative: Dictionary of Cancer Terms
  8. sedative: Medical dictionary
  9. Sedative: Drug Medical Dictionary
  10. Hyperdictionary (No longer online)

Tech (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Sedative: Beauty & Health Glossary

(Note: See sedatives as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
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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