neuromuscular blocking agent

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   a substance that interferes with the neural transmission between motor neurons and skeletal muscles

   Broaderblocker

   Narrowergallaminetubocurarine

Questions about neuromuscular blocking agent

What does neuromuscular blocking agent mean?

neuromuscular blocking agent means "a substance that interferes with the neural transmission between motor neurons and skeletal muscles".

Is neuromuscular blocking agent a common word?

neuromuscular 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.