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Alpha Blocker

Definition: Alpha Blocker

Alpha Blocker

Noun

1. Any of various drugs that block alpha-adrenergic receptors; used in treating benign prostatic hyperplasia; relaxes the muscles of the prostate and bladder.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Synonyms: Alpha Blocker

Synonyms: alpha-adrenergic blocker (n), alpha-adrenergic blocking agent (n), alpha-blocker (n). (additional references)

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Alpha Blocker

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

  alpha blocker

6
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Anagrams: Alpha Blocker

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-a-b-c-e-h-k-l-l-o-p-r"

-3 letters: caballero.

-4 letters: albacore, bachelor, ballpark, capabler, kreplach, lockable, packable, placable, rollback.

-5 letters: abollae, abroach, acaleph, acerola, allobar, backhoe, bechalk, becloak, bellhop, blacker, blocker, capable, caporal, carpale, chloral, cholera, chorale, choreal, earlock, ephoral, epochal, hackler, kolache, ocellar, parable, placebo, poacher, pollack, ropable.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: Alpha Blocker


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

41 6C 70 68 61      42 6C 6F 63 6B 65 72

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

    

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01000001 01101100 01110000 01101000 01100001 00100000 01000010 01101100 01101111 01100011 01101011 01100101 01110010

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#65 &#108 &#112 &#104 &#97 &#32 &#66 &#108 &#111 &#99 &#107 &#101 &#114

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0041 006C 0070 0068 0061      0042 006C 006F 0063 006B 0065 0072

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

3578827467236788169777184

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Expressions: Internet
4. Anagrams
5. Orthography
6. Bibliography


  

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