what does verapamil mean?

VERAPAMIL as NOUN

Meaning
- a drug (trade names Calan and Isoptin) used as an oral or parenteral calcium blocker in cases of hypertension or congestive heart failure or angina or migraine
Synonym(s)
- Calan (what does Calan mean?)
- Isoptin (what does Isoptin mean?)
Hypernyms(s) verapamil is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
- calcium blocker (what does calcium blocker mean?)
- calcium-channel blocker (what does calcium-channel blocker mean?)