Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun papaverine

1 sense of papaverine

Sense 1
papaverine, Kavrin -- (an alkaloid medicine (trade name Kavrin) obtained from opium; used to relax smooth muscles; it is nonaddictive)
       => muscle relaxant -- (a drug that reduces muscle contractility by blocking the transmission of nerve impulses or by decreasing the excitability of the motor end plate or by other actions)