AMIODARONE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does amiodarone mean? 

• AMIODARONE (noun)
  The noun AMIODARONE has 1 sense:

1. an antiarrhythmic drug (trade name Cordarone) that has potentially fatal side effects and is used to control serious heart rhythm problems only when safer agents have been ineffective

  Familiarity information: AMIODARONE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• AMIODARONE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An antiarrhythmic drug (trade name Cordarone) that has potentially fatal side effects and is used to control serious heart rhythm problems only when safer agents have been ineffective

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

amiodarone; Cordarone

Hypernyms ("amiodarone" is a kind of...):

antiarrhythmic; antiarrhythmic drug; antiarrhythmic medication (a drug used to treat an abnormal heart rhythm)

 Context examples 

Amiodarone hydrochloride affects the electrical activity of the heart.

(Amiodarone hydrochloride, NCI Dictionary)

Amiodarone may cause vasodilation by stimulation of the release of nitric oxide and cyclooxygenase-dependent relaxing endothelial factors.

(Amiodarone, NCI Thesaurus)

Also called amiodarone hydrochloride.

(Corderone, NCI Dictionary)

As a class III antiarrhythmic agent, amiodarone blocks the myocardial calcium, potassium and sodium channels in cardiac tissue, resulting in prolongation of the cardiac action potential and refractory period.

(Amiodarone, NCI Thesaurus)