alpha blocker

Questions about alpha blocker

What does alpha blocker mean?

alpha blocker means "any of various drugs that block alpha-adrenergic receptors; used in treating benign prostatic hyperplasia; relaxes the muscles of the prostate and bladder".

What is another word for alpha blocker?

Close synonyms include alpha-blocker, alpha-adrenergic blocker, alpha-adrenergic blocking agent. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is alpha blocker a common word?

alpha blocker is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for alpha blocker come from Princeton University’s WordNet. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.