Look up: anticholinergic


  1. anticholinergic
    Type: Term Pronunciation: an′tē-kol-i-ner′jik Definitions: 1. Antagonistic to the action of parasympathetic or other cholinergic nerve fibers (atropine).
    Found op http://www.medilexicon.com/medicaldictionary.php?t=4774

  2. anticholinergic
    [adj] - inhibiting or blocking the action of acetylcholine at a receptor site 2. [n] - a substance that opposes or blocks the action of acetylcholine
    Found op http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definition.php?query=anticholinergic

  3. Anticholinergic
    Adjective applied to a substance (medication) that reduces the action of acetylcholine.
    Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/visitor-contributions.php

  4. Anticholinergic
    An agent that impedes the impulses or actions of the nerves or fibers of the parasympathetic ganglia, competing with, and blocking the release of acetylcholine at what are called the muscarinic sites.
    Found op http://www.swsbm.com/ManualsMM/MedHerbGloss2.txt

  5. Anticholinergic
    Anticholinergic: The action of certain medications that inhibit the transmission of parasympathetic nerve impulses and thereby reduce spasms of smooth muscle (such as that, for example, in the bladder).
    Found op http://www.medterms.com/script/main/art.html?articlekey=2281

  6. anticholinergic
    <pharmacology> An agent that blocks the parasympathetic nerves. ... Synonym: parasympatholytic. ... (18 Nov 1997) ...
    Found op http://www.mondofacto.com/facts/dictionary?anticholinergic

  7. anticholinergic
    adjective inhibiting or blocking the action of acetylcholine at a receptor site; `anticholinergic drugs`
    Found op http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=anticholinergic

  8. anticholinergic
    anticholinergic drug noun a substance that opposes or blocks the action of acetylcholine
    Found op http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=anticholinergic

  9. anticholinergic
    (an″te-) (an″ti-ko″lin-ur´jik) blocking the passage of impulses through the parasympathetic nerves. an agent that has this effect; called also parasympatholytic.
    Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/21001

  10. anticholinergic
    (anti- + cholinergic) an agent that blocks the parasympathetic nerves. Called also parasympatholytic.
    Found op http://users.ugent.be/~rvdstich/eugloss/DIC/dictio07.html

  11. Anticholinergic
    An anticholinergic agent is a substance that blocks the neurotransmitter acetylcholine in the central and the peripheral nervous system. An example of an anticholinergic is dicycloverine, and the classic example is atropine. Anticholinergics are administered to reduce the effects mediated by acetyl...
    Found op http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anticholinergic

  12. Anticholinergic
    A substance that blocks the neurotransmitter acetylcholine in the central and the peripheral nervous system.
    Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/21811

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