"anticholinergic" meaning in English

See anticholinergic in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Forms: more anticholinergic [comparative], most anticholinergic [superlative]
Etymology: From anti- + cholinergic. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|anti|cholinergic}} anti- + cholinergic Head templates: {{en-adj}} anticholinergic (comparative more anticholinergic, superlative most anticholinergic)
  1. That inhibits the physiological action of acetylcholine at a receptor site. Derived forms: nonanticholinergic Translations (inhibiting the action of acetylcholine): anticolinèrgic (Catalan), anticholinergní (Czech), anticholinerg (German), anticolinérgico (Portuguese), anticolinérgico (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-anticholinergic-en-adj-QzOe~NpK Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 54 46 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 47 53 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 48 52

Noun

Forms: anticholinergics [plural]
Etymology: From anti- + cholinergic. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|anti|cholinergic}} anti- + cholinergic Head templates: {{en-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. Categories (topical): Medicine Translations (any drug which inhibits the physiological action of acetylcholine at a receptor site): Anticholinergikum [neuter] (German), anticolinérgico [masculine] (Portuguese)
    Sense id: en-anticholinergic-en-noun-kSZlT6Ol Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with anti-, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Spanish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 54 46 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with anti-: 38 62 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 44 56 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 47 53 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 48 52 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 44 56 Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 43 57 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 43 57 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 44 56 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 44 56 Topics: medicine, sciences

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