Akademik

blocker

noun

1. a football player whose responsibility is to block players attempting to stop an offensive play

• Derivationally related forms: ↑block

• Hypernyms: ↑football player, ↑footballer

2. a class of drugs that inhibit (block) some biological process

• Syn: ↑blocking agent

• Derivationally related forms: ↑block

• Hypernyms: ↑medicine, ↑medication, ↑medicament, ↑medicinal drug

• Hyponyms:

↑alpha blocker, ↑alpha-blocker, ↑alpha-adrenergic blocker, ↑alpha-adrenergic blocking agent, ↑beta blocker, ↑beta-blocking agent, ↑beta-adrenergic blocker, ↑beta-adrenergic blocking agent, ↑labetalol, ↑labetalol hydrochloride, ↑Trandate, ↑Normodyne, ↑neuromuscular blocking agent

Useful english dictionary. 2012.