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Pulse (medicine) and biperiden (medicine)


Pulse (medicine)


pulse
<cardiology, physiology> The impulse transmitted to arteries by contraction of the left ventricle of the heart.

Customarily palpated at the radial artery in the wrist. The pulse can provide information concerning the number of cardiac contractions per minute (rate) and the overall regularity of the contractions (rhythm).


biperiden (medicine)


biperiden
<chemical> A muscarinic antagonist that has effects in both the central and peripheral nervous systems. It has been used in the treatment of arteriosclerotic, idiopathic, and postencephalitic parkinsonism. It has also been used to alleviate extrapyramidal symptoms induced by phenothiazine Derivatives and reserpine.

Pharmacological action: antiparkinson agents, muscarinic antagonists, parasympatholytics.

Chemical name: 1-Piperidinepropanol, alpha-bicyclo(2.2.1)hept-5-en-2-yl-alpha-phenyl-