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ETHACRYNIC ACID
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Dictionary entry overview: What does ethacrynic acid mean?
• ETHACRYNIC ACID (noun)
The noun ETHACRYNIC ACID has 1 sense:
1. diuretic (trade name Edecrin) used to treat edema
Familiarity information: ETHACRYNIC ACID used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Diuretic (trade name Edecrin) used to treat edema
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Synonyms:
Edecrin; ethacrynic acid
Hypernyms ("ethacrynic acid" is a kind of...):
diuretic; diuretic drug; water pill (any substance that tends to increase the flow of urine, which causes the body to get rid of excess water)
Context examples
Ethacrynic acid is extensively bound to plasma proteins; both ethacrynic acid in its unchanged form as well as its metabolites are excreted in bile and urine.
(Ethacrynate Sodium, NCI Thesaurus)
An ethacrynic acid derivative with diuretic activity.
(Brocrinat, NCI Thesaurus)
The sodium salt form of ethacrynic acid, an unsaturated ketone derivative of aryloxyacetic acid without a sulfonamide substituent belonging to the class of loop diuretics.
(Ethacrynate Sodium, NCI Thesaurus)
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