/an'ti koh'leuh nerr"jik, -kol'euh-/ , Biochem., Pharm.
adj.
1. of or pertaining to a substance that opposes the effects of acetylcholine; interfering with the passage of parasympathetic nerve impulses. Cf. cholinolytic .
n.
2. an anticholinergic substance, as a drug.
[ 1940-45; ANTI- + cholinergic, equiv. to CHOLINE + -ERGIC ]