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an·ti·cho·lin·es·ter·ase
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Etymology: anti- (I) + cholinesterase
: a substance that inhibits a cholinesterase by combination with it: as
a. : a drug (as physostigmine or neostigmine) useful as a cholinergic stimulant whose effect on a cholinesterase is reversible
b. : a nerve poison; especially : an organic phosphate derivative (as tetraethyl pyrophosphate or parathion) useful as an insecticide whose effect on a cholinesterase is irreversible or only partially reversible |