angiotensin receptor blocker

English

Noun

angiotensin receptor blocker (plural angiotensin receptor blockers)

  1. (medicine, pharmacology) A type of pharmaceutical that binds to and inhibits AT1 and thereby blocks the arteriolar contraction and sodium retention effects of the renin-angiotensin system.
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