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medication

calcium channel blocker

also: calcium antagonistCCBs

a drug that inhibits the movement of calcium ions into smooth MUSCLE and cardiac muscle cells. Their effect is to relax the muscle and reduce the strength of contraction and to cause VASODILATION . They are used in the treatment of high BLOOD PRESSURE and ANGINA .

Source: mediLexicon corpus · slug calcium-channel-blocker