NEUROMUSCULAR BLOCKING AGENT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does neuromuscular blocking agent mean? 

• NEUROMUSCULAR BLOCKING AGENT (noun)
  The noun NEUROMUSCULAR BLOCKING AGENT has 1 sense:

1. a substance that interferes with the neural transmission between motor neurons and skeletal muscles

  Familiarity information: NEUROMUSCULAR BLOCKING AGENT used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• NEUROMUSCULAR BLOCKING AGENT (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A substance that interferes with the neural transmission between motor neurons and skeletal muscles

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Hypernyms ("neuromuscular blocking agent" is a kind of...):

blocker; blocking agent (a class of drugs that inhibit (block) some biological process)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "neuromuscular blocking agent"):

Flaxedil; gallamine (neuromuscular blocking agent (trade name Flaxedil) used as a muscle relaxant in the administration of anesthesia)

curare; tubocurarine (a toxic alkaloid found in certain tropical South American trees that is a powerful relaxant for striated muscles)

 Context examples 

Compared to other neuromuscular blocking agents, it is intermediate in its onset and duration of action.

(Cisatracurium Besylate, NCI Thesaurus)

Not dependent on kidney function for elimination, it provides clinical advantages over other non-depolarizing, neuromuscular blocking agents.

(Atracurium Besylate, NCI Thesaurus)

A synthetic dibenzensulfonate derivative muscle relaxant, Atracurium Besylate acts as a non-depolarizing neuromuscular blocking agent, with short to intermediary duration of action and no significant cardiovascular effects.

(Atracurium Besylate, NCI Thesaurus)