calcium channel blocker

British

noun

Also called: calcium antagonist. any drug that prevents the influx of calcium ions into cardiac and smooth muscle: used to treat high blood pressure and angina

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

Lercanidipine is a calcium channel blocker, which works by making it easier for the heart to pump blood around the body.

From BBC

"We think that the calcium channel is a new therapeutic target and if we can target it correctly, pharmacologically that it will improve muscle function and health. Our goal now is to find the appropriate and safe calcium channel blocker that will do the job and we believe it exists."

From Science Daily

When the team treated the mice with verapamil, a calcium channel blocker used to treat hypertension and chest pains, the mice quickly recovered muscle function and began to resemble their healthy, wild type peers.

From Science Daily

When his blood pressure didn’t budge, his internist added two other classes of drugs: a calcium channel blocker and an ACE inhibitor.

From Washington Post

Amlodipine, a calcium channel blocker, causes blood vessels to relax and widen, and lowers the heart rate.

From New York Times

Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023