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ANTICHOLINESTERASE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A medicine that inhibits cholinesterase by combining with it and so has a cholinergic effect
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("anticholinesterase" is a kind of...):
medicament; medication; medicinal drug; medicine ((medicine) something that treats or prevents or alleviates the symptoms of disease)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "anticholinesterase"):
neostigmine; Prostigmin (a cholinergic drug (trade name Prostigmin) used to treat some ophthalmic conditions and to treat myasthenia gravis)
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