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amiodarone

US/əˈmi.əd.əˌɹoʊn/

amiodarone noun: an antiarrhythmic drug administered in the form of its hydrochloride C₂₅H₂₉I₂NO₃·HCl and used to treat life-threatening ventricular arrhythmia.

amiodarone: an antiarrhythmic drug administered in the form of its hydrochloride C₂₅H₂₉I₂NO₃·HCl and used to...
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Noun

amiodarone (uncountable)

  1. an antiarrhythmic drug administered in the form of its hydrochloride C₂₅H₂₉I₂NO₃·HCl and used to treat life-threatening ventricular arrhythmia

Origin of amiodarone

From ami(no)- + iod- + (coum)arone (“benzofuran”).

Words formed from amiodarone

Questions about amiodarone

What does amiodarone mean?
Amiodarone means an antiarrhythmic drug administered in the form of its hydrochloride C₂₅H₂₉I₂NO₃·HCl and used to treat life-threatening ventricular arrhythmia.
What part of speech is amiodarone?
Amiodarone is a noun.
How do you pronounce amiodarone?
Amiodarone is pronounced /əˈmi.əd.əˌɹoʊn/ (US).

Words near amiodarone in the dictionary

  1. aminylium
  2. aminyliums
  3. aminyls
  4. amio
  5. amiodaron
  6. amiodarone
  7. amioid
  8. amioids
  9. Amiot
  10. Amiots
  11. Amiott

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