cholinergic blockade

cholinergic blockade definition - medical

cholinergic blockade

noun
  1. Inhibition by a drug of nerve impulse transmission at autonomic ganglionic synapses, postganglionic parasympathetic effector cells, and myoneural junctions.
  2. Inhibition of a cholinergic agent.

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