n.
A cholinergic drug, C7H17ClN2O2, that acts principally by stimulating the parasympathetic nervous system and is used in the form of its chloride to treat urinary retention.
[Perhaps beth- (blend of BETAMETHYL) + -ANE + CHOL(INE).]
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