noun
- Plural of gallamine; a class of synthetic muscle relaxant drugs used in anesthesia to paralyze skeletal muscles during surgery.
Usage: medical/pharmaceutical; technical term; primarily used in clinical and surgical contexts
Examples
- The anesthesiologist administered gallamines to facilitate intubation during the procedure.
- Gallamines work by blocking acetylcholine receptors at the neuromuscular junction.
- Modern surgical protocols have largely replaced older gallamines with newer agents.
- The patient's response to gallamines was monitored using a nerve stimulator.