Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun calcium-channel_blocker

1 sense of calcium-channel blocker

Sense 1
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)
       => medicine, medication, medicament, medicinal drug -- ((medicine) something that treats or prevents or alleviates the symptoms of disease)