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anticholinesterase

noun
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Definition of anticholinesterase

: a substance (such as neostigmine) that inhibits a cholinesterase by combination with it

First Known Use of anticholinesterase

1942, in the meaning defined above

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anticholinesterase

noun
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Medical Definition of anticholinesterase

: any substance (as neostigmine) that inhibits a cholinesterase by combination with it

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