HyperDic: anticholinesterase

English > 1 sense of the word anticholinesterase:
NOUNartifactanticholinesterasea medicine that inhibits cholinesterase by combining with it and so has a cholinergic effect
English > anticholinesterase: 1 sense > noun 1, artifact
MeaningA medicine that inhibits cholinesterase by combining with it and so has a cholinergic effect.
Narrowerneostigmine, ProstigminA cholinergic drug (trade name Prostigmin) used to treat some ophthalmic conditions and to treat myasthenia gravis
Broadermedicine, medication, medicament, medicinal drug(medicine) something that treats or prevents or alleviates the symptoms of disease

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