Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A drug, C15H25NO3, used in its tartrate and succinate forms to treat hypertension and angina pectoris.
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- noun A
selective β1receptor blocker used intreatment of severaldiseases of thecardiovascular system, especiallyhypertension .
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- noun beta blocker (trade name Lopressor) used in treating hypertension and angina and arrhythmia and acute myocardial infarction; has adverse side effects (depression and exacerbation of congestive heart failure etc.)
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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A study conducted in the mid-1980s suggests that beta-blockers do work.18 A group of Dutch scientists asked about thirty skilled marksmen to shoot a standard 25 mm pistol after taking either the beta-blocker metoprolol or a placebo drug.
Choke Ph.D. Sian Beilock 2010
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A study conducted in the mid-1980s suggests that beta-blockers do work.18 A group of Dutch scientists asked about thirty skilled marksmen to shoot a standard 25 mm pistol after taking either the beta-blocker metoprolol or a placebo drug.
Choke Ph.D. Sian Beilock 2010
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A study conducted in the mid-1980s suggests that beta-blockers do work.18 A group of Dutch scientists asked about thirty skilled marksmen to shoot a standard 25 mm pistol after taking either the beta-blocker metoprolol or a placebo drug.
Choke Ph.D. Sian Beilock 2010
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Shooting was about 13 percent better in the marksmen given metoprolol compared to those who got the sugar pill.
Choke Ph.D. Sian Beilock 2010
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Shooting was about 13 percent better in the marksmen given metoprolol compared to those who got the sugar pill.
Choke Ph.D. Sian Beilock 2010
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Rather, metoprolol seemed to improve shooting by alleviating hand tremor.
Choke Ph.D. Sian Beilock 2010
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Rather, metoprolol seemed to improve shooting by alleviating hand tremor.
Choke Ph.D. Sian Beilock 2010
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Shooting was about 13 percent better in the marksmen given metoprolol compared to those who got the sugar pill.
Choke Ph.D. Sian Beilock 2010
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Rather, metoprolol seemed to improve shooting by alleviating hand tremor.
Choke Ph.D. Sian Beilock 2010
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A long-acting beta-blocker metoprolol also worked as well as brand-name Toprol XL.
Generic drugs are as good as brand names for heart problems 2008
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