anticholinergic

English

Etymology

anti- +‎ cholinergic

Adjective

anticholinergic (comparative more anticholinergic, superlative most anticholinergic)

That inhibits the physiological action of acetylcholine at a receptor site

Translations

inhibiting the action of acetylcholine

Czech: anticholinergní

Portuguese: anticolinérgico

Noun

anticholinergic (plural anticholinergics)

(medicine) 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

Translations

any drug which inhibits the physiological action of acetylcholine at a receptor site

Portuguese: anticolinérgico m

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