beta-blocking agent

Questions about beta-blocking agent

What does beta-blocking agent mean?

beta-blocking agent 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-blocking agent?

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

beta-blocking agent 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.