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NIFEDIPINE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does nifedipine mean?
• NIFEDIPINE (noun)
The noun NIFEDIPINE has 1 sense:
1. calcium blocker (trade name Procardia); appears to increase the risk of recurrent heart attacks
Familiarity information: NIFEDIPINE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Calcium blocker (trade name Procardia); appears to increase the risk of recurrent heart attacks
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Synonyms:
nifedipine; Procardia
Hypernyms ("nifedipine" 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
A dihydropyridine derivative and an analogue of the calcium channel blocker nifedipine, with antihypertensive activity.
(Nimodipine, NCI Thesaurus)
Nifedipine inhibits the transmembrane influx of extracellular calcium ions into myocardial and vascular smooth muscle cells, causing dilatation of the main coronary and systemic arteries and decreasing myocardial contractility.
(Nifedipine, NCI Thesaurus)
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