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tranquilization

tranquilization

7.1
To make someone calm with medicine
  • noun
  • /træŋˌkwɪlɪˈzeɪʃən/
  • Specialized
translation icon : tranquilización
  • Tranquilization is often used in veterinary medicine to keep animals calm during examinations.

Examples

  • The doctor explained that tranquilization can help manage severe anxiety during treatment.

  • Tranquilization and insight-oriented psychotherapies pale in comparison to the emotionally evocative community healing rites of shamans.

    Academic text (1994)

  • Do not mistake this for mere tranquilization.

    Fiction book (1990)

  • After the tranquilization, the patient felt calm and relaxed before the surgery.

Synonyms

sedation
vstranquilization
  • Specialized
11 5.0

Giving medicine to make someone calm or sleepy before a medical treatment

is a broader process or state of making someone calm beyond medical procedure use

Antonyms

agitation
12 5.1

A feeling of nervous worry and restlessness

How Sedated

anesthesia
  • Specialized
76 4.5
tranquilization
  • Specialized
7.1
sedation
  • Specialized
11 5.0
relaxation
54 1.6

Surface Forms

tranquilization singular
tranquilizations plural
tranquilisations plural
tranquilisation singular

Morphology

tranquilization = tranquilize (transparent) = tranquil + ize + ation

Built by adding the productive noun-forming suffix '-ation' to the verb 'tranquilize', which itself is transparently formed from 'tranquil' + '-ize'.

Etymology

The word tranquilization comes from tranquil, which means 'calm', plus -ize ('to make') and -ation ('the act of'). So tranquilization is the process of making someone or something calm, often by using a medicine like a tranquilizer.