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anticholinesterase

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an·ti·cho·li·nes·ter·ase  (nt-kl-nst-rs, -rz, nt-)
n.
A substance that inhibits the activity of cholinesterase.
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Noun1.anticholinesterase - a medicine that inhibits cholinesterase by combining with it and so has a cholinergic effect
medicament, medication, medicinal drug, medicine - (medicine) something that treats or prevents or alleviates the symptoms of disease
neostigmine, Prostigmin - a cholinergic drug (trade name Prostigmin) used to treat some ophthalmic conditions and to treat myasthenia gravis
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2002) but is below the threshold for cholinesterase inhibition (Das and Barone 1999); the in vivo CPF metabolite, CPF oxon, is the active agent that produces irreversible anticholinesterase actions and is three orders of magnitude more potent than CPF itself in inhibiting cholinesterase (Das and Barone 1999).
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