beta-adrenergic blocker

Questions about beta-adrenergic blocker

What does beta-adrenergic blocker mean?

beta-adrenergic blocker means "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".

What is another word for beta-adrenergic blocker?

Close synonyms include beta blocker, beta-blocking agent, beta-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 beta-adrenergic blocker a common word?

beta-adrenergic 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.