BLOCKING AGENT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does blocking agent mean? 

• BLOCKING AGENT (noun)
  The noun BLOCKING AGENT has 1 sense:

1. a class of drugs that inhibit (block) some biological process

  Familiarity information: BLOCKING AGENT used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BLOCKING AGENT (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A class of drugs that inhibit (block) some biological process

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

blocker; blocking agent

Hypernyms ("blocking agent" is a kind of...):

medicament; medication; medicinal drug; medicine ((medicine) something that treats or prevents or alleviates the symptoms of disease)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "blocking agent"):

alpha-adrenergic blocker; alpha-adrenergic blocking agent; alpha-blocker; alpha blocker (any of various drugs that block alpha-adrenergic receptors; used in treating benign prostatic hyperplasia; relaxes the muscles of the prostate and bladder)

beta-adrenergic blocker; beta-adrenergic blocking agent; beta-blocking agent; beta blocker (any of various drugs used in treating hypertension or arrhythmia; decreases force and rate of heart contractions by blocking beta-adrenergic receptors of the autonomic nervous system)

labetalol; labetalol hydrochloride; Normodyne; Trandate (antihypertensive drug (trade names Trandate and Normodyne) that blocks alpha and beta-adrenergic receptors of the sympathetic nervous system (leading to a decrease in blood pressure))

neuromuscular blocking agent (a substance that interferes with the neural transmission between motor neurons and skeletal muscles)

 Context examples 

The hydrochloride form of exaprolol, a lipophilic derivative of the adrenergic blocking agent propranolol with sympatholytic activity.

(Exaprolol Hydrochloride, NCI Thesaurus)

A lipophilic derivative of the adrenergic blocking agent propranolol with sympatholytic activity.

(Exaprolol, NCI Thesaurus)

A malate salt of diltazem, a benzothiazepine calcium channel blocking agent.

(Diltiazem Malate, NCI Thesaurus)

Compared to other neuromuscular blocking agents, it is intermediate in its onset and duration of action.

(Cisatracurium Besylate, NCI Thesaurus)

A dihydropyridine calcium channel blocking agent.

(Felodipine, NCI Thesaurus)

A therapeutic procedure involving the injection or deployment of blocking agents in the hepatic artery to treat tumors.

(Hepatic Artery Embolization, NCI Thesaurus)

A synthetic dibenzensulfonate derivative muscle relaxant, Atracurium Besylate acts as a non-depolarizing neuromuscular blocking agent, with short to intermediary duration of action and no significant cardiovascular effects.

(Atracurium Besylate, NCI Thesaurus)

Beta-adrenergic receptors respond to blocking agents such as propranolol and to activating agents such as isoproterenol.

(Beta Adrenergic Receptor, NCI Thesaurus)

A synthetic, aralkylguanidine analogue of the adrenergic neurotransmitter norepinephrine (NE) and adrenergic neuron blocking agent with potential diagnostic imaging or antineoplastic activity when radiolabeled.

(Iobenguane, NCI Thesaurus)

A benzothiazepine calcium channel blocking agent.

(Diltiazem Hydrochloride, NCI Thesaurus)