meprin
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Definition
Noun: 1. A brand name for a sedative and tranquilizer drug: "Meprin" is a proprietary name for a medication containing the substance meprobamate. It is used medically to treat conditions involving muscle tension and anxiety.
Usage Notes
- "Meprin" is a capitalized proper noun, as it is a specific brand or trade name for a drug.
- It is primarily used in medical, pharmaceutical, or clinical contexts.
- This term is less common in contemporary usage, as newer medications have largely replaced it.
Examples of Usage
- Noun:
- The physician prescribed Meprin for the patient's acute anxiety.
- Meprin was once a widely used tranquilizer before the development of benzodiazepines.
Advanced Usage
- Historical/Medical Context: The word is often used when discussing the history of psychopharmacology or comparing older and newer classes of anxiolytic drugs.
- In the 1950s and 1960s, drugs like Meprin represented a major advance in the treatment of anxiety.
Variants and Related Words
- Meprobamate (n): The generic, non-proprietary name for the active pharmaceutical compound marketed under brand names including Meprin, Miltown, and Equanil.
- Miltown (n): Another trade name for meprobamate.
- Equanil (n): Another trade name for meprobamate.
Synonyms
- Tranquilizer (n): A drug used to reduce anxiety or tension.
- Sedative (n): A drug that calms or induces sleep.
- Anxiolytic (n): A medication that inhibits anxiety (more modern technical term).
- Meprobamate (n): The generic drug name.
Related Terms (Not Synonyms)
- Benzodiazepine (n): A later class of anti-anxiety drugs (e.g., diazepam/Valium) that largely superseded meprobamates like Meprin.
- Muscle relaxant (n): A type of drug Meprin was also used as.
Noun
- a sedative and tranquilizer (trade name Miltown and Equanil and Meprin) used to treat muscle tension and anxiety