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anticholinergic definition

anti·cho·lin·er·gic (an′tī kō′lin ʉr′jik; -tē-, -ti-)

adjective

having the ability to retard or block the activity of organs that receive their nerve impulses through the parasympathetic nervous system by opposing the action of acetylcholine

Etymology: anti- + cholinergic

noun

an anticholinergic drug, as atropine

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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