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Definition of Blocking agent

1. Noun. A class of drugs that inhibit (block) some biological process.

Medical Definition of Blocking agent

1. A class of drugs that inhibit (block) a biologic activity or process, such as axonal conduction or transmission, or ions across a cell membrane; frequently called "blockers." (05 Mar 2000)

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Literary usage of Blocking agent

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1883)
"... adrenergic-blocking agent, and ganglion-blocking agent. The Geneva system names included in the synonym file provide access for the generation of lists ..."

2. Molecular Neurobiology: Proceedings of the Second Nimh Conference by Steven Zalcman (1995)
"First, it has been shown that the internal pore-blocking agent tetraethyl ammonium ion (TEA) competes with the inactivation process when applied internally ..."

3. Proceedings of the Society for Experimental Biology and Medicine (1903)
"... an established central blocking agent for LH release (8, 11). Data in Table IV show that ovulation generally was inhibited by injection of phenobarbital ..."

4. A Lifelong Passion: Nicholas and Alexandra: Their Own Story by Andrei Maylunas (2005)
"One patient underwent coronary angiography which disclosed no pathology, but following which, while on a calcium channel blocking agent regimen, ..."

5. The Puerperal Diseases by Fordyce Barker (1883)
"Thus you see that an embolism implies that the blocking agent, whether it be a detached fragment of coagulum, a valvular excrescence, a pus-globule, ..."

6. Handbook of physiology by William Dobinson Halliburton (1913)
"Our best results were obtained by using cold instead of a constant current as our blocking agent. c Fig. 151 is an outline drawing of the apparatus used, ..."

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