blocking agent

What does blocking agent mean?

blocking agent means "a class of drugs that inhibit (block) some biological process".

What is another word for blocking agent?

Close synonyms include blocker. 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 blocking agent a common word?

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.

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