Medical Term:
cholinergic blockade
Definition:
- inhibition by a drug of nerve impulse transmission at autonomic ganglionic synapses (ganglionic blockade), at postganglionic parasympathetic effector cells (by atropine), and at myoneural junctions (myoneural blockade);
- inhibition of a cholinergic agent.
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Examples: glitazone, GI cocktail, etc.
