Meanings
plural beta blockers · alternative betablocker · alternative beta-blocker · alternative β-blocker
- medicineA blocking agent, one of a class of drugs used to treat hypertension and control the rate at which the heart beats.
Synonyms & antonyms
nounany of various drugs used in treating hypertension or arrhythmia; decreases force and rate of heart contractions by blocking beta-adrenergic receptors of the autonomic nervous system
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
From action of drug which blocks beta-adrenergic receptors.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Catalan blocador beta
- blocador betablocking agent
Chinese Mandarin β-受體阻滯劑 /β-受体阻滞剂
- β-受體阻滯劑 /β-受体阻滞剂 (β-shòutǐ zǔzhìjì)blocking agent
Czech beta-blokátor
- beta-blokátorblocking agent
Danish betablokker
- betablokkerblocking agent
Finnish beetasalpaaja
- beetasalpaajablocking agent
French bêta-bloquant
- bêta-bloquantblocking agent
German Betabloker
- Betablokerblocking agent
Portuguese beta-bloqueador
- beta-bloqueadorblocking agent
Romanian beta-blocant
- beta-blocantblocking agent
Russian бета-блока́тор
- бета-блока́тор (beta-blokátor)blocking agent
Spanish beta bloqueador, betabloqueante
- beta bloqueadorblocking agent
- betabloqueanteblocking agent
Swedish betablockerare, β-blockerare
- betablockerareblocking agent
- β-blockerareblocking agent
Turkish beta blokör
- beta blokörblocking agent
Cite this entry
beta blocker. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/beta%20blocker
“beta blocker.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/beta%20blocker. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “beta blocker,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/beta%20blocker.
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