Usually means: Medications that relax blood vessels.
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General (4 matching dictionaries)
  1. alpha-blockers, alpha-blockers: Collins English Dictionary
  2. alpha-blockers: Wordnik
  3. alpha-blockers: Wiktionary
  4. alpha-blockers: Dictionary.com

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Alpha-blockers: Merck Manuals

(Note: See alpha-blocker as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (alpha-blocker)

noun:  (pharmacology) A drug which blocks α1-adrenergic receptors in arteries and smooth muscles. Used to treat benign prostatic hyperplasia and prostatitis and other conditions.
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