Usually means: Medication that relaxes blood vessels.
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General (12 matching dictionaries)
  1. alpha blocker: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  2. alpha-blocker: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  3. alpha-blocker, alpha-blocker: Collins English Dictionary
  4. alpha-blocker, alpha blocker: Vocabulary.com
  5. alpha-blocker: Wiktionary
  6. alpha blocker: Infoplease Dictionary
  7. alpha-blocker, alpha blocker: Dictionary.com
  8. Alpha blocker: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  9. alpha-blocker, alpha blocker: Rhymezone
  10. alpha-blocker, alpha blocker: FreeDictionary.org
  11. alpha-blocker, alpha blocker: Mnemonic Dictionary
  12. alpha-blocker, alpha blocker: TheFreeDictionary.com

Medicine (6 matching dictionaries)
  1. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  2. Alpha blocker: MedTerms.com Medical Dictionary
  3. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  4. alpha-blocker: Dictionary of Cancer Terms
  5. alpha-blocker, alpha blocker: Medical dictionary
  6. Alpha blocker: Drug Medical Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (Alpha blocker)

noun:  Alternative spelling of alpha-blocker. [(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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