adjective

(chiefly of a drug) inhibiting the physiological action of acetylcholine, especially as a neurotransmitter.

Main outcome measures: Numbers of elderly people with new prescriptions of highly anticholinergic antidepressants and less anticholinergic antidepressants.

noun

An anticholinergic drug.

Both antihistamines and anticholinergics can have anticholinergic side effects, including dry mouth, urinary retention, blurred vision, and exacerbation of narrow-angle glaucoma.