anticholinergic

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Etymology

From anti- + cholinergic.

Adjective

anticholinergic

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

Translations

• German: anticholinerg
• Portuguese: anticolinérgico
• Spanish: 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

• German: Anticholinergikum
• Portuguese: anticolinérgico

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