plural of alpha-blocker

(pharmacology) A drug which blocks α1-adrenergic receptors in arteries and smooth muscles. Used to treat benign prostatic hyperplasia and prostatitis and other conditions.

(physics) The radiation of alpha particles as a result of radioactive decay.

The alpha privative, the prefix a-. / An alpha privative, a word formed with that prefix.

(chiefly in combination) Written using a specified alphabet

simple past tense and past participle of alphabet

An abjad of twenty-plus acrophonic glyphs, found in Levantine texts of the Late Bronze Age (from ca. the 15th century B.C.E.), by convention taken to last until a cut-off date of 1050 B.C.E., after which it is called Phoenician.

plural of alpha male

The 37/40 letter alphabet consisting of the following letters: / any relatively minor variation of the 37-letter Zhuyin alphabet

(computing) A computer graphics technique that simulates translucency by combining colours.