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Anticholinergics
Any of a class of drugs, typically used to treat various disorders and some forms of poisoning, which inhibit the physiological action of acetylcholine at a receptor site
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Any of a class of drugs, typically used to treat various disorders and some forms of poisoning, which inhibit the physiological action of acetylcholine at a receptor site
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| toxidromenoun | A syndrome induced by a toxin. |
| antispasmodicsnoun | (pharmacology) A drug that suppresses spasms. |
| antihistaminesnoun | (pharmacology) A drug or substance that counteracts the effects of a histamine. Commonly used to alleviate the symptoms of hay fever and other allergies. |
| anticonvulsantsnoun | (pharmacology) An agent that prevents, stops, or lessens convulsions. |
| antihistaminic | (pharmacology) Of or pertaining to antihistamines. |
| cholinergicnoun | (biochemistry) Any drug or substance producing or having the same function as acetylcholine. |
| antipsychoticsnoun | (pharmacology) Any of a group of drugs used to treat psychosis or other conditions, chiefly one that acts as an antagonist, partial agonist, or inverse agonist of dopamine receptors in the synapses. |
| antihistaminenoun | (pharmacology) A drug or substance that counteracts the effects of a histamine. Commonly used to alleviate the symptoms of hay fever and other allergies. |
| anticonvulsantnoun | (pharmacology) An agent that prevents, stops, or lessens convulsions. |
| neurolepticsnoun | (pharmacology) An antipsychotic drug. |
| antimuscarinic | (pharmacology) That disrupts the action of muscarinic acetylcholine receptors, and/or of muscarine itself, in the nervous system. |
| antipsychotic | (pharmacology) Preventing or counteracting psychosis. |
| anticonvulsive | (pharmacology) Acting against or serving to prevent convulsions. |
| antispasmodic | (pharmacology) Referring to something that suppresses spasms, generally a drug. |
| pharmacological | (pharmacology) Of or having to do with pharmacology. |
| antiadrenergic | preventing or counteracting the effects of adrenaline |
| analgesicsnoun | (pharmacology) Any medicine, such as aspirin, that reduces pain, especially without inducing a loss of other sensation. (Contrast anesthetic.) |
| psychostimulantsnoun | (pharmacology) A drug that acts to temporarily increase mental alertness or awareness |
| pharmacologic | (pharmacology) Relating to pharmacology |
| psychopharmacological | Of or pertaining to psychopharmacology, the interactions between pharmaceuticals and the brain |
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