noun
- A synthetic drug used as a muscle relaxant during anesthesia and surgery to paralyze skeletal muscles.
Usage: medical; pharmacology; also called gallamine triethiodide
Examples
- The anesthesiologist administered gallamine to relax the patient's muscles during the surgical procedure.
- Gallamine was commonly used in operating rooms before newer muscle relaxants became available.
- The effects of gallamine can be reversed with specific antagonist medications.
- Gallamine triethiodide is a quaternary ammonium compound used in anesthesia.