alpha blocker

or alpha-blocker


nounPharmacology.
  1. any of various substances that interfere with the action of the alpha receptors.

Other words from alpha blocker

  • alpha-blocking, adjective

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British Dictionary definitions for alpha-blocker

alpha-blocker

noun
  1. any of a class of drugs that prevent the stimulation of alpha adrenoceptors, a type of receptor in the sympathetic nervous system, by adrenaline and noradrenaline and that therefore cause widening of blood vessels: used in the treatment of high blood pressure and prostatic hyperplasia

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