DILTIAZEM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does diltiazem mean? 

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

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

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• DILTIAZEM (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A calcium blocker (trade name Cardizem) used in treating hypertension or angina or heart failure

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

Cardizem; diltiazem

Hypernyms ("diltiazem" 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)

 Context examples 

Diltiazem blocks voltage-sensitive calcium channels in the blood vessels, by inhibiting the ion-control gating mechanisms, thereby preventing calcium levels increase by other revenues.

(Diltiazem, NCI Thesaurus)

Diltiazem inhibits the transmembrane influx of extracellular calcium ions into select myocardial and vascular smooth muscle cells, causing dilatation of coronary and systemic arteries and decreasing myocardial contractility.

(Diltiazem Malate, NCI Thesaurus)

Diltiazem hydrochloride inhibits the transmembrane influx of extracellular calcium ions into select myocardial and vascular smooth muscle cells, causing dilatation of coronary and systemic arteries and decreasing myocardial contractility.

(Diltiazem Hydrochloride, NCI Thesaurus)