Anticholinergic is an adjective describing drugs or agents that block the action of acetylcholine at nerve receptors. It is used mainly in medicine to reduce bodily secretions or treat conditions like Parkinsonism, but also to manage motion sickness or bronchial spasms. The term combines anti- with cholinergic, signaling opposition to cholinergic neurotransmission.
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