ANGIOTENSIN II INHIBITOR

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does angiotensin II inhibitor mean? 

• ANGIOTENSIN II INHIBITOR (noun)
  The noun ANGIOTENSIN II INHIBITOR has 1 sense:

1. an agent that retards or restrains the action of angiotensin II

  Familiarity information: ANGIOTENSIN II INHIBITOR used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ANGIOTENSIN II INHIBITOR (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An agent that retards or restrains the action of angiotensin II

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("angiotensin II inhibitor" is a kind of...):

inhibitor (a substance that retards or stops an activity)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "angiotensin II inhibitor"):

Diovan; valsartan (an angiotensin II inhibitor that is used to treat high blood pressure)