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ISOPTIN
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Isoptin mean?
• ISOPTIN (noun)
The noun ISOPTIN 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: ISOPTIN used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
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:
Hypernyms ("Isoptin" 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)
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