ANTICHOLINESTERASE

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A medicine that inhibits cholinesterase by combining with it and so has a cholinergic effect

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("anticholinesterase" 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 "anticholinesterase"):

neostigmine; Prostigmin (a cholinergic drug (trade name Prostigmin) used to treat some ophthalmic conditions and to treat myasthenia gravis)

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