An indication or symptom which forbids the method of treatment usual in such cases.
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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Anything used for healing diseases or wounds; a medicine; a healing application.
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Pharmacology, General medicine.The act or process of medicating.
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.The science which relates to the prevention, cure, or alleviation of disease.
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Pharmacology, General medicine.A tinge or shade of color; a tint; as, a tincture of red.
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Pharmacology, General medicine.A remedy to counteract the effects of poison, or of anything noxious taken into the stomach; -- used with against, for, or to; as, an…
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.The quantity of medicine given, or prescribed to be taken, at 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
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Pharmacology, General medicine.Words connected by meaning
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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.One who contends with another, especially in combat; an adversary; an opponent.
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.p. p. of Be; -- used for been.
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.of Block
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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