ANTICHOLINERGIC DRUG

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does anticholinergic drug mean? 

• ANTICHOLINERGIC DRUG (noun)
  The noun ANTICHOLINERGIC DRUG has 1 sense:

1. a substance that opposes or blocks the action of acetylcholine

  Familiarity information: ANTICHOLINERGIC DRUG used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ANTICHOLINERGIC DRUG (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A substance that opposes or blocks the action of acetylcholine

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

anticholinergic; anticholinergic drug

Hypernyms ("anticholinergic drug" 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 "anticholinergic drug"):

Daricon; oxyphencyclimine (an anticholinergic drug (trade name Daricon) used in treating peptic ulcers)

 Context examples 

The hydrochloride salt form of cyclopentolate, an anticholinergic drug.

(Cyclopentolate Hydrochloride, NCI Thesaurus)