Term: calcium blocker: any of a class of drugs that block the flow of the electrolyte calcium (either in nerve cell conduction or smooth muscle contraction of the heart); has been used in the treatment of angina or arrhythmia or hypertension or migraine
Candidate hypernym: medicine: (medicine) something that treats or prevents or alleviates the symptoms of disease → 1
Candidate hypernym: dacrymycetaceae: a family of basidiomycetous fungi belonging to the order Tremellales having a bifurcate basidium that lacks septa → 0
Candidate hypernym: reflex camera: camera that allows the photographer to view and focus the exact scene being photographed → 0
Candidate hypernym: ex-boyfriend: a man who is no longer a woman's boyfriend → 0
Candidate hypernym: vena bulbi penis: vein of the head of the penis; tributary of the internal pudendal vein that drains the perineum → 0
Candidate hypernym: comprehensiveness: completeness over a broad scope → 0
Candidate hypernym: heart: the courage to carry on → 0
Candidate hypernym: chinese cabbage: elongated head of crisp celery-like stalks and light green leaves → 0
Candidate hypernym: rim: the shape of a raised edge of a more or less circular object → 0
Candidate hypernym: step: a solid block joined to the beams in which the heel of a ship's mast or capstan is fixed → 0
Candidate hypernym: tolmiea: one species: pickaback plant → 0