See Also: Drug, ACE-inhibitor(health)
drug-drug interaction(medicine)
Cox-1 inhibitor(health)
ACE inhibitor(health)
Cox-2 inhibitor(health)
FLT-3 inhibitor(health)
Inhibitor(health)
Inhibitor(medicine)
Cox-2 Inhibitor(law)
ACE inhibitor(medicine)

in flagrante (iou) and Drug, ACE-inhibitor (health)


in flagrante (iou)



in flagrante adverbial phr. colloq. E17.
[Abbreviation of IN FLAGRANTE DELICTO or similar Latin phr.]
= IN FLAGRANTE DELICTO.
? Rare before 20.

Drug, ACE-inhibitor (health)


A drug that inhibits ACE (angiotensin converting enzyme) which is important to the formation of angiotensin II. Angiotensin II causes arteries in the body to constrict and thereby raises the blood pressure. ACE inhibitors lower the blood pressure by inhibiting the formation of angiotensin II. This relaxes the arteries. Relaxing the arteries not only lowers blood pressure, but also improves the pumping Efficiency of a failing heart and improves cardiac output in patients with heart failure. ACE inhibitors are therefore used for blood pressure control and congestive heart failure.