Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A drug, C16H21NO2, that blocks beta-adrenergic activity, used to treat hypertension, angina pectoris, and cardiac arrhythmia and to prevent migraine headaches.
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- noun A
non-selective beta blocker mainly used in thetreatment ofhypertension .
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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North Korean pistol shooter Kim Jong Su was thrown out, not for steroid use, but for using a drug called propranolol.
Choke Ph.D. Sian Beilock 2010
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North Korean pistol shooter Kim Jong Su was thrown out, not for steroid use, but for using a drug called propranolol.
Choke Ph.D. Sian Beilock 2010
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North Korean pistol shooter Kim Jong Su was thrown out, not for steroid use, but for using a drug called propranolol.
Choke Ph.D. Sian Beilock 2010
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A US and Canadian team used a drug called propranolol to target unwanted memories, while leaving others intact.
Speedlinking 7/3/07 William Harryman 2007
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GUPTA: With regard to propranolol, which is this blood pressure medication, it does appear to be needed at the time of the event so this may not be something of use of people suffering years later now from PTSD from 9/11.
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First of all, just using a medication known as propranolol which is a blood pressure medication, at the time of the event, at the time of the trauma, there's a lot of research shows if you give this medication, what it does, it sort of reduces that adrenaline surge that is often associated with the traumatic event and, as a result of reducing that, it sort of keeps the memories from getting seared if you will, into the brain.
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Dr Pitman carried out a pilot study on humans where he gave patients at the Massachusetts general hospital who had recently undergone trauma a drug called propranolol, a beta-blocker used for decades to treat high blood pressure but which acts on the receptors in the brain involved in storing memories.
Memories Zoe Brain 2006
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Dr Pitman carried out a pilot study on humans where he gave patients at the Massachusetts general hospital who had recently undergone trauma a drug called propranolol, a beta-blocker used for decades to treat high blood pressure but which acts on the receptors in the brain involved in storing memories.
Archive 2006-02-01 Zoe Brain 2006
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When I do this procedure, if I find that my patient has varices, I often prescribe a drug called propranolol Inderal.
DR. SANJIV CHOPRA’S LIVER BOOK Sanjiv Chopra 2001
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Your liver specialist may prescribe a drug called propranolol (Inderal) to decrease your risk of bleeding from these engorged veins (see chapter 9).
DR. SANJIV CHOPRA’S LIVER BOOK Sanjiv Chopra 2001
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