(medicine) a reason that makes it inadvisable to prescribe a particular drug or employ a particular procedure or treatment
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Pharmacology, General medicine.Anticholinergic
a substance that opposes or blocks the action of acetylcholine
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(medicine) something that treats or prevents or alleviates the symptoms of disease
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Pharmacology, General medicine.(medicine) something that treats or prevents or alleviates the symptoms of disease
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Pharmacology, General medicine.(medicine) something that treats or prevents or alleviates the symptoms of disease
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Pharmacology, General medicine.(medicine) something that treats or prevents or alleviates the symptoms of disease
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Pharmacology, General medicine.(pharmacology) a medicine consisting of an extract in an alcohol solution
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Pharmacology, General medicine.a remedy that stops or controls the effects of a poison
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Pharmacology, General medicine.a remedy that stops or controls the effects of a poison
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Pharmacology, General medicine.a measured portion of medicine taken at any one time
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Pharmacology, General medicine.a measured portion of medicine taken at any one time
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Pharmacology, General medicine.medicine that prevents or retards the clotting of blood
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Pharmacology, General medicine.medicine that prevents or retards the clotting of blood
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Pharmacology, General medicine.medicine that prevents or retards the clotting of blood
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Pharmacology, General medicine.an oral antiviral drug (trade name Zovirax) used to treat genital herpes; does not cure the disease but relieves the symptoms
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Pharmacology, General medicine.a tablet (trade name Fosamax) prescribed to prevent or treat osteoporosis in women after menopause
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Pharmacology, General medicine.a drug (trade name Zyloprim) used to treat gout and other conditions in which there is an excessive buildup of uric acid
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Pharmacology, General medicine.a drug (trade name Inocor) used intravenously in heart failure; increases strength of contraction of myocardium
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Pharmacology, General medicine.a medicine used to relieve pain
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glaucoma in which the iris blocks the outflow of aqueous humor; "closed-angle glaucoma can cause a rapid buildup of high intraocular p…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: substance, opposes, blocks, acetylcholine.glaucoma in which the iris blocks the outflow of aqueous humor; "closed-angle glaucoma can cause a rapid buildup of high intraocular p…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: substance, opposes, blocks, acetylcholine.A medicine which opposes the action of another medicine or of a poison when absorbed into the blood or tissues.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: substance, opposes, blocks, acetylcholine.(physiology) a muscle that opposes the action of another; "the biceps and triceps are antagonistic muscles"
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: substance, opposes, blocks, acetylcholine.One who opposes all government.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: substance, opposes, blocks, acetylcholine.One of a sect which opposes the observance of the Christian Sabbath.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: substance, opposes, blocks, acetylcholine.Pieces of hard wood bolted to the sides of the bowsprit, to reeve the fore-topmast stays through; -- called also bee blocks.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: substance, opposes, blocks, acetylcholine.A piece of wood more or less bulky; a solid mass of wood, stone, etc., usually with one or more plane, or approximately plane, faces;…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: substance, opposes, blocks, acetylcholine.A book printed from engraved wooden blocks instead of movable types.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: substance, opposes, blocks, acetylcholine.The act of obstructing, supporting, shaping, or stamping with a block or blocks.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: substance, opposes, blocks, acetylcholine.A projecting beam or boom; as: (a) One projecting from each bow of a vessel, to haul the fore tack to, called a tack bumpkin. (b) One…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: substance, opposes, blocks, acetylcholine.A peculiar tackle, formed of two or more blocks, or pulleys, the weight being suspended to a hook block in the bight of the running pa…
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