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acetazolam

acetazolam is the alternative form of acetazolamide.

Meaning of acetazolamide

Noun

acetazolamide (countable and uncountable, plural acetazolamides)

  1. A drug that inhibits the enzyme carbonic anhydrase, used in the treatment of glaucoma and epilepsy and as a diuretic (now especially in the prevention of acute mountain sickness).
    Synonyms:
    Acetazolam, apoacetazolamide, Dazamide, Diamox, Storzolamide

Questions about acetazolam

What is acetazolam the alternative form of?
Acetazolam is the alternative form of acetazolamide.

Words near acetazolam in the dictionary

  1. acetatic
  2. acetation
  3. acetations
  4. acetator
  5. acetators
  6. acetazolam
  7. acetazolamide
  8. acetazolamides
  9. acetazolamine
  10. acetazolomide
  11. acetenyl

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