calcium blocker
Noun
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is a type of: medicament, medication, medicinal drug, medicine - (medicine) something that treats or prevents or alleviates the symptoms of diseasesubtypes:
- cardizem, diltiazem - a calcium blocker (trade name Cardizem) used in treating hypertension or angina or heart failure
- nifedipine, procardia - calcium blocker (trade name Procardia); appears to increase the risk of recurrent heart attacks
- calan, isoptin, verapamil - a drug (trade names Calan and Isoptin) used as an oral or parenteral calcium blocker in cases of hypertension or congestive heart failure or angina or migraine
same as: calcium-channel blocker
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