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

1 sense of cardizem

Sense 1
diltiazem, Cardizem -- (a calcium blocker (trade name Cardizem) used in treating hypertension or angina or heart failure)
       => 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)