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anticholinergic en · ADJ
Etymology
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *h₂ent-
Proto-Indo-European *-s
Proto-Indo-European *h₂énts
Proto-Indo-European *-i
Proto-Indo-European *h₂énti
Ancient Greek ᾰ̓ντῐ́ (ăntĭ́)
Ancient Greek ἀντι- (anti-)der.
English anti-
Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰelh₃-
Proto-Hellenic *kʰolā́
Ancient Greek χολή (kholḗ)der.
English choline
English -ergy
Proto-Indo-European *-ikos
Proto-Italic *-ikos
Latin -icuslbor.
Old French -iquebor.
Middle English -ik
English -ic
English -ergic
English cholinergic
English anticholinergic
From anti- + cholinergic.
Meanings
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That inhibits the physiological action of acetylcholine at a receptor site.
Forms
Deriveds
nonanticholinergic
Translations (5)
ca anticolinèrgic (inhibiting the action of acetylcholine) · cs anticholinergní (inhibiting the action of acetylcholine) · es anticolinérgico (inhibiting the action of acetylcholine) · pt anticolinérgico (inhibiting the action of acetylcholine) · de anticholinerg (inhibiting the action of acetylcholine)
anticholinergic en · NOUN
Etymology
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *h₂ent-
Proto-Indo-European *-s
Proto-Indo-European *h₂énts
Proto-Indo-European *-i
Proto-Indo-European *h₂énti
Ancient Greek ᾰ̓ντῐ́ (ăntĭ́)
Ancient Greek ἀντι- (anti-)der.
English anti-
Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰelh₃-
Proto-Hellenic *kʰolā́
Ancient Greek χολή (kholḗ)der.
English choline
English -ergy
Proto-Indo-European *-ikos
Proto-Italic *-ikos
Latin -icuslbor.
Old French -iquebor.
Middle English -ik
English -ic
English -ergic
English cholinergic
English anticholinergic
From anti- + cholinergic.
Meanings
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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.
While the hallucinations produced by jimsonweed and other anticholinergics are frequently described as frightening or even “nightmarish,” the toxic anticholinergic syndrome caused by jimsonweed can include seizures, CNS depression, respiratory failure, and cardiac abnormalities, all of which can be life-threatening.
2022, Jerrold S. Meyer, Andrew M. Farrar, Dominik Biezonski, Jennifer R. Yates, editors, Psychopharmacology, Fourth edition, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 63:
Forms
Translations (2)
pt anticolinérgico (any drug which inhibits the physiological action of acetylcholine at a receptor site) · de Anticholinergikum (any drug which inhibits the physiological action of acetylcholine at a receptor site)