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beta-blocker

beta-blocker is the alternative form of beta blocker.

Meaning of beta blocker

Noun

beta blocker (plural beta blockers)

  1. A blocking agent, one of a class of drugs used to treat hypertension and control the rate at which the heart beats.

Forms of beta-blocker

pluralbeta-blockers

Questions about beta-blocker

What is beta-blocker the alternative form of?
Beta-blocker is the alternative form of beta blocker.

Words near beta-blocker in the dictionary

  1. beta-antithrombin
  2. beta-beam
  3. beta-beams
  4. beta-blockade
  5. beta-blockades
  6. beta-blocker
  7. beta-blockers
  8. beta-carotene
  9. beta-compactification
  10. beta-compactifications
  11. beta-glucan

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