anticholinergic meaning

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anticholinergic (adjective): inhibiting or blocking the action of acetylcholine at a receptor site.

anticholinergic has 2 meanings in this dictionary, as adjective and noun.

anticholinergic as an adjective

  1. inhibiting or blocking the action of acetylcholine at a receptor site
    • anticholinergic drugs

    Opposite: cholinergic

anticholinergic as a noun

  1. a substance that opposes or blocks the action of acetylcholine

    Synonyms: anticholinergic drug

    Type of: medicine

    Kinds: oxyphencyclimine

Scrabble score: 23 (letter breakdown)

Word lists: words starting with AN · words ending in IC · 15-letter words

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