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VERAPAMIL
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Dictionary entry overview: What does verapamil mean?
• VERAPAMIL (noun)
The noun VERAPAMIL has 1 sense:
1. a drug (trade names Calan and Isoptin) used as an oral or parenteral calcium blocker in cases of hypertension or congestive heart failure or angina or migraine
Familiarity information: VERAPAMIL used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A drug (trade names Calan and Isoptin) used as an oral or parenteral calcium blocker in cases of hypertension or congestive heart failure or angina or migraine
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Synonyms:
Hypernyms ("verapamil" is a kind of...):
calcium-channel blocker; calcium blocker (any of a class of drugs that block the flow of the electrolyte calcium (either in nerve cell conduction or smooth muscle contraction of the heart); has been used in the treatment of angina or arrhythmia or hypertension or migraine)
Context examples
A stereoisomer of verapamil and third-generation P-glycoprotein inhibitor.
(Laniquidar, NCI Thesaurus)
This agent exhibits decreased calcium antagonistic activity and toxicity compared to racemic verapamil.
(Dexverapamil, NCI Thesaurus)
The R-enantiomer of the calcium channel blocker verapamil.
(Dexverapamil, NCI Thesaurus)
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