anticholinergic

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Definitions

noun

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

adjective

That inhibits the physiological action of acetylcholine at a receptor site

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Synonyms

toxidrome cholinolytic antinicotinic anticholinergenic antimuscarinic cholinomimetic antiglutamatergic parasympatheticolytic parasympatholytic antibutyrylcholinesterasic parasympathicolytic myoinhibitory inhibitory sympathoinhibitory antihistaminergic antichondrogenic

Associated

antipruritic deliriant antispasmodic antihistamine scopolamine atropine extrapyramidal parkinsonism hydrocodone acetylcholine dystonia antipsychotic

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