anticholinergic
anticholinergic · anticholinergics
Anticholinergikum
Any of a class of drugs, typically used to treat various disorders and some forms of…Any of a class of drugs, typically used to treat various disorders and some forms of poisoning, which inhibit the physiological action of acetylcholine at a receptor site.
Meaning
1 sensesAny of a class of drugs, typically used to treat various disorders and some forms of poisoning, which inhibit the physiological action of acetylcholine at a receptor site.
Anticholinergikum
More definitions
- a substance that opposes or blocks the action of acetylcholine
Translations
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By meaning 1
any drug which inhibits the physiological action of acetylcholine at a receptor site:
Forms
plural: anticholinergics| Singular | anticholinergic |
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Synonyms
1 synonymsClose in meaning
- a substance that opposes or blocks the action of acetylcholine:anticholinergic drug
See also
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