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CHLOROTHIAZIDE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does chlorothiazide mean? 

CHLOROTHIAZIDE (noun)
  The noun CHLOROTHIAZIDE has 1 sense:

1. a diuretic drug (trade name Diuril) used in the treatment of edema and hypertensionplay

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


 Dictionary entry details 


CHLOROTHIAZIDE (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A diuretic drug (trade name Diuril) used in the treatment of edema and hypertension

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

chlorothiazide; Diuril

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

antihypertensive; antihypertensive drug (a drug that reduces high blood pressure)

thiazide (any of a group of drugs commonly used as diuretics in the treatment of hypertension; they block the reabsorption of sodium in the kidneys)


 Context examples 


Clopamide appears to work in a similar manner as the thiazide diuretics and has a similar potency as chlorothiazide and hydrochlorothiazide.

(Clopamide, NCI Thesaurus)

The sodium salt form of chlorothiazide, a short-acting, benzothiadiazinesulfonamide derivative belonging to the class of thiazide diuretics.

(Chlorothiazide Sodium, NCI Thesaurus)

Chlorothiazide is excreted unchanged by the kidneys.

(Chlorothiazide, NCI Thesaurus)



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