CALCIUM-CHANNEL BLOCKER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does calcium-channel blocker mean? 

• CALCIUM-CHANNEL BLOCKER (noun)
  The noun CALCIUM-CHANNEL BLOCKER has 1 sense:

1. 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

  Familiarity information: CALCIUM-CHANNEL BLOCKER used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CALCIUM-CHANNEL BLOCKER (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

calcium-channel blocker; calcium blocker

Hypernyms ("calcium-channel blocker" 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 "calcium-channel blocker"):

Cardizem; diltiazem (a calcium blocker (trade name Cardizem) used in treating hypertension or angina or heart failure)

nifedipine; Procardia (calcium blocker (trade name Procardia); appears to increase the risk of recurrent heart attacks)

Calan; Isoptin; verapamil (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)