NEUROMUSCULAR BLOCKING AGENTS, COMPETITIVE
\njˌuːɹəmˈʌskjʊlə blˈɒkɪŋ ˈe͡ɪd͡ʒənts], \njˌuːɹəmˈʌskjʊlə blˈɒkɪŋ ˈeɪdʒənts], \n_j_ˌuː_ɹ_ə_m_ˈʌ_s_k_j_ʊ_l_ə b_l_ˈɒ_k_ɪ_ŋ ˈeɪ_dʒ_ə_n_t_s]\
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Drugs that interrupt transmission at the skeletal neuromuscular junction without causing depolarization of the motor end plate. They prevent acetylcholine from triggering muscle contraction and are used as muscle relaxants during electroshock treatments, in convulsive states, and as anesthesia adjuvants.
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basidiomycota
- comprises fungi bearing the spores on basidium: Gasteromycetes (puffballs); Tiliomycetes (comprising orders Ustilaginales (smuts) and Uredinales (rusts)); Hymenomycetes (mushrooms; toadstools; agarics; bracket fungi); in some classification systems considered a division of kingdom comprises fungi bearing spores on a basidium; includes Gasteromycetes (puffballs) Tiliomycetes comprising the orders Ustilaginales (smuts) and Uredinales (rusts) Hymenomycetes (mushrooms, toadstools, agarics bracket fungi).