"β-blocker" meaning in English

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          "ref": "2008 February 28, ironjustice, “Beta-Blocker”, in sci.med.cardiology (Usenet), retrieved 2022-05-17:",
          "text": "Carvedilol, an antihypertensive agent, has been in clinical use for several years. In addition to its function as a β-blocker, carvedilol has been shown to act as an antioxidant.",
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          "text": "Blockade of β₂-adrenoceptors by non-selective β'''-blockers causes side-effects such as bronchoconstriction, vasoconstriction and hypoglycaemia.",
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          "ref": "2016, Anne H. Child, Diagnosis and Management of Marfan Syndrome, page 51:",
          "text": "β-blocker inhibits adrenaline β activation release into blood from sympathetic nerves and adrenal gland. In the heart, β-receptor stimulation increases heart rate and cardiac contraction, and excitation conduction in atrioventricular node. Thus β-blocker therapy decreases heart rate, cardiac contraction and myocardial oxygen consumption.",
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        "Abbreviation of beta blocker."
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          "text": "β-blocker inhibits adrenaline β activation release into blood from sympathetic nerves and adrenal gland. In the heart, β-receptor stimulation increases heart rate and cardiac contraction, and excitation conduction in atrioventricular node. Thus β-blocker therapy decreases heart rate, cardiac contraction and myocardial oxygen consumption.",
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