NEUROMUSCULAR BLOCKING AGENT

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Meaning:

A substance that interferes with the neural transmission between motor neurons and skeletal muscles

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Nouns denoting substances

Hypernyms ("neuromuscular blocking agent" is a kind of...):

blocker; blocking agent (a class of drugs that inhibit (block) some biological process)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "neuromuscular blocking agent"):

Flaxedil; gallamine (neuromuscular blocking agent (trade name Flaxedil) used as a muscle relaxant in the administration of anesthesia)

curare; tubocurarine (a toxic alkaloid found in certain tropical South American trees that is a powerful relaxant for striated muscles)