Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun calan

1 sense of calan

Sense 1
verapamil, Calan, Isoptin -- (a drug (trade names Calan and Isoptin) used as an oral or parenteral calcium blocker in cases of hypertension or congestive heart failure or angina or migraine)
       => calcium blocker, calcium-channel blocker -- (any of a class of drugs that block the flow of the electrolyte calcium (either in nerve cell conduction or smooth muscle contraction of the heart); has been used in the treatment of angina or arrhythmia or hypertension or migraine)