CALAN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Calan mean? 

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

1. a drug (trade names Calan and Isoptin) used as an oral or parenteral calcium blocker in cases of hypertension or congestive heart failure or angina or migraine

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• CALAN (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A drug (trade names Calan and Isoptin) used as an oral or parenteral calcium blocker in cases of hypertension or congestive heart failure or angina or migraine

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

Calan; Isoptin; verapamil

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

calcium-channel blocker; calcium blocker (any of a class of drugs that block the flow of the electrolyte calcium (either in nerve cell conduction or smooth muscle contraction of the heart); has been used in the treatment of angina or arrhythmia or hypertension or migraine)

Domain usage:

trade name (a name given to a product or service)