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amantadine

US/əˈmæn.təˌdin/

amantadine noun: a drug used especially as the hydrochloride C₁₀H₁₇N·HCl to prevent infection (as by an influenzavirus) by interfering with virus penetration into host cells.

amantadine: a drug used especially as the hydrochloride C₁₀H₁₇N·HCl to prevent infection (as by an...
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Noun

amantadine (plural amantadines)

  1. A drug used especially as the hydrochloride C₁₀H₁₇N·HCl to prevent infection (as by an influenzavirus) by interfering with virus penetration into host cells.

Forms of amantadine

pluralamantadines

Origin of amantadine

From amantad- (“alteration of adamantane”) + -ine.

Words formed from amantadine

Questions about amantadine

What does amantadine mean?
Amantadine means a drug used especially as the hydrochloride C₁₀H₁₇N·HCl to prevent infection (as by an influenzavirus) by interfering with virus penetration into host cells.
What part of speech is amantadine?
Amantadine is a noun.
How do you pronounce amantadine?
Amantadine is pronounced /əˈmæn.təˌdin/ (US).
What is the plural of amantadine?
The plural of amantadine is amantadines.

Words near amantadine in the dictionary

  1. amanous
  2. amanozine
  3. amanse
  4. amant
  5. Amantacop
  6. amantadine
  7. amantadines
  8. Amante
  9. Amantes
  10. amantocillin
  11. amanuenses

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