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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun An anticholinergic drug, C19H35NO2, used in its hydrochloride form to relax smooth muscle and as an antispasmodic in the treatment of irritable bowel syndrome and other gastrointestinal disorders.

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  • noun An anticholinergic that blocks muscarine receptors.

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[di– + cyclo– + (a)mine.]

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