ANTIARRHYTHMIC

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does antiarrhythmic mean? 

• ANTIARRHYTHMIC (noun)
  The noun ANTIARRHYTHMIC has 1 sense:

1. a drug used to treat an abnormal heart rhythm

  Familiarity information: ANTIARRHYTHMIC used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ANTIARRHYTHMIC (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A drug used to treat an abnormal heart rhythm

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

antiarrhythmic; antiarrhythmic drug; antiarrhythmic medication

Hypernyms ("antiarrhythmic" is a kind of...):

medicament; medication; medicinal drug; medicine ((medicine) something that treats or prevents or alleviates the symptoms of disease)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "antiarrhythmic"):

amiodarone; Cordarone (an antiarrhythmic drug (trade name Cordarone) that has potentially fatal side effects and is used to control serious heart rhythm problems only when safer agents have been ineffective)

encainide; Enkaid (antiarrhythmic drug (trade name Enkaid) used to treat life-threatening arrhythmias but increases the risk of sudden death in heart attack patients)

flecainide; Tambocor (oral antiarrhythmic medication (trade name Tambocor) used as a last resort in treating arrhythmias; increases the risk of sudden death in heart attack patients)

mexiletine; Mexitil (antiarrhythmic drug (trade name Mexitil) used to treat ventricular arrhythmias)

Quinidex; quinidine; Quinora (cardiac drug (trade names Quinidex and Quinora) used to treat certain heart arrhythmias)

tocainide; Tonocard (antiarrhythmic drug (trade name Tonocard) used to treat ventricular arrhythmias when less dangerous drugs have failed)

 Context examples 

A synthetic aminoethylamide with local anesthetic and antiarrhythmic properties.

(Lidocaine, NCI Thesaurus)

Lidocaine hydrochloride also exhibits class IB antiarrhythmic effects.

(Lidocaine Hydrochloride, NCI Thesaurus)

It is a type of local anesthetic and antiarrhythmic.

(Lidocaine, NCI Dictionary)

The fumarate salt form of ibutilide, a class III antiarrhythmic agent.

(Ibutilide Fumarate, NCI Thesaurus)

The acetate salt form of flecainide, a synthetic agent derived from trifluoroethoxy-benzamide exhibiting antiarrhythmic and local anesthetic activity.

(Flecainide Acetate, NCI Thesaurus)

A local anesthetic and antiarrhythmic (Class IB) agent structurally related to lidocaine.

(Mexiletine, NCI Thesaurus)

This agent exhibits antiarrhythmic activity via the impairment of atrioventricular (AV) node conduction and a corresponding reduction in sinus rate.

(Nadolol, NCI Thesaurus)

Antiarrhythmic agent pharmacologically similar to LIDOCAINE.

(Mexiletine Hydrochloride, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

The hydrochloride salt form of mexiletine, a local anesthetic and antiarrhythmic (Class IB) agent structurally related to lidocaine.

(Mexiletine Hydrochloride, NCI Thesaurus)

As a class Ic antiarrhythmic that blocks sodium channels, flecainide depresses polarization phase 0 and decreases the induction velocity of the His-Purkinje system.

(Flecainide, NCI Thesaurus)