English Explanatory Dictionary

anticholinergic

English dictionary entry

Meanings

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

Word forms

anticholinergic more anticholinergic most anticholinergic anticholinergics

Etymology

From anti- + cholinergic.

Derived words

nonanticholinergic
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