blocking agent
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5.8
- noun
- Specialized
:
agente bloqueador
- In her presentation, she highlighted the effectiveness of the new blocking agent in managing symptoms of certain diseases.
- neuromuscular blocking agent
Examples
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Patients receiving a neuromuscular blocking agent must be monitored closely due to their inability to breathe independently.
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It's a neuromuscular blocking agent, it's a paralytic, it takes days to wear off.
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Anesthesiologists must avoid using neuromuscular blocking agents in patients during nerve dissection.
Academic text (2005) -
Risk ratios are also presented for adjustment for baseline treatment with calcium-channel blockers and/or beta-blocking agents, by use of the Mantel-Haenszel statistic.
Academic text (1995) -
The doctor explained that a neuromuscular blocking agent is used during surgery to induce paralysis.
Synonyms
46
6.0
A substance that slows down and can stop chemical reactions in the body or in a lab
19
6.0
A medicine that stops a chemical in the body from working to treat health problems
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7.3
A substance that blocks or reduces another substance's effect, for example a medicine
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4.6
A drug that reduces calcium entering heart and blood vessel muscles to treat high blood pressure and chest pain
1
5.9
A drug that stops nerve signals to muscles and makes them relax or stop moving
A substance that stops or slows enzymes so they do not work
A medicine that slows the heart and lowers blood pressure
A drug that treats high blood pressure and fast heartbeat by slowing the heart
A medicine that relaxes blood vessel and bladder muscles to lower blood pressure and help pass urine
A medicine that reduces stomach acid to treat ulcers and heartburn
Antonyms
- Specialized
1
6.3
A substance that increases enzyme activity or makes genes produce more protein
How Potent
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning is directly derivable from 'block' (to stop or obstruct) combined with 'agent' (a thing or substance that causes an effect): a thing that blocks. The participial modifier pattern (blocking + agent) is a common, compositional noun phrase cross-linguistically, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents will readily infer the intended biomedical sense.
Etymology
Blocking agent The term blocking agent comes from a simple image: imagine a guard or plug that does the blocking, and an agent is the thing doing it. So, in medicine a blocking agent is a drug or substance that 'stops' or 'reduces' a specific process in the body.