anticholinergic

English

Etymology

anti- +‎ cholinergic

Adjective

anticholinergic (comparative more anticholinergic, superlative most anticholinergic)

1. That inhibits the physiological action of acetylcholine at a receptor site

Translations

inhibiting the action of acetylcholine

• Czech: anticholinergní
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• Portuguese: anticolinérgico

Noun

anticholinergic (plural anticholinergics)

1. (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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