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Description of Ganglionic blocking agent
Ganglionic blocking agent: an agent that impairs the passage of impulses in autonomic ganglia (e.g., trimethaphan).
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Ganglionic blocking agent: group of agents having as their major action the interruption of neural transmission at nicotinic receptors on postganglionic autonomic neurons; because their actions are so broad, including blocking of sympathetic and parasympathetic systems, their therapeutic use has been largely supplanted by more specific drugs.
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