blocking

blocking /block·ing/ (-ing)

1. interruption of an afferent nerve pathway; see block.

2. difficulty in recollection, or interruption of a train of thought or speech, due to emotional factors, usually unconscious.

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blocking,

n the process of obstructing or deadening, as a nerve.

blocking agent,

n See agent, blocking.

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blocking

1. interruption of an afferent nerve pathway (see block).

2. inhibition of an intracellular biosynthetic process; metabolic block.

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blocking agents

see under alpha, adrenergic, blockade, blocker, ganglionic, muscarinic.

blocking antibody

see blocking antibody.