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PENICILLAMINE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does penicillamine mean? 

PENICILLAMINE (noun)
  The noun PENICILLAMINE has 1 sense:

1. a drug (trade name Cuprimine) used to treat heavy metal poisoning and Wilson's disease and severe arthritisplay

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


 Dictionary entry details 


PENICILLAMINE (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A drug (trade name Cuprimine) used to treat heavy metal poisoning and Wilson's disease and severe arthritis

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

Cuprimine; penicillamine

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

medicament; medication; medicinal drug; medicine ((medicine) something that treats or prevents or alleviates the symptoms of disease)


 Context examples 


Causes include pregnancy, obesity, and penicillamine therapy.

(Breast Hypertrophy, NCI Thesaurus)

Possessing antineoplastic properties, penicillamine induces apoptosis by a p53-mediated mechanism and inhibits angiogenesis by chelating with copper, a cofactor for angiogenesis.

(Penicillamine, NCI Thesaurus)

As a degradation product of penicillin antibiotics, penicillamine chelates with heavy metals and increases their urinary excretion.

(Penicillamine, NCI Thesaurus)



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