A sedative or tranquilizer (or tranquilliser, see American and British English spelling differences) is a substance that induces sedation by reducing irritability or excitement. At higher doses it may result in slurred speech, staggering gait, poor judgment, and slow, uncertain reflexes.oses of sedatives such as benzodiazepines, when used as a hypnotic to induce sleep, tend to be higher than amounts used to relieve anxiety, whereas only low doses are needed to provide a peaceful effect.
1 Scab, a hard coating on the skin formed during the wound healing reconstruction phase.  scAb, single-chain antibody fragment.
Scabies is an infectious disease of the skin caused by a mite, Sarcoptes scabiei whose penetration is. visible as papules or vesicles, or as tiny burrows containing the mites and their eggs. Epidemiology. The female mite can burrow beneath the skin surface in 2Â½ minutes. She burrows into the epidermis. to lay eggs.