ANTICHOLINERGIC

anticholinergic

(adjective) inhibiting or blocking the action of acetylcholine at a receptor site; “anticholinergic drugs”

anticholinergic, anticholinergic drug

(noun) a substance that opposes or blocks the action of acetylcholine

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Adjective

anticholinergic (comparative more anticholinergic, superlative most anticholinergic)

That inhibits the physiological action of acetylcholine at a receptor site

Noun

anticholinergic (plural anticholinergics)

(medicine) 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

Source: Wiktionary



RESET




Word of the Day

4 April 2025

GUILLOTINE

(verb) kill by cutting the head off with a guillotine; “The French guillotined many Vietnamese while they occupied the country”


coffee icon

Coffee Trivia

According to Guinness World Records, the most massive cup of coffee contained 22,739.14 liters and was created by Alcaldía Municipal de Chinchiná (Colombia) at Parque de Bolívar, Chinchiná, Caldas, Colombia, on 15 June 2019. Fifty people worked for more than a month to build this giant cup. The drink prepared was Arabic coffee.

coffee icon