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calcilytic

calcilytic noun: any antagonist of a calcium-sensing receptor; especially such a drug used for the treatment of osteoporosis.

Noun

calcilytic (plural calcilytics)

  1. Any antagonist of a calcium-sensing receptor; especially such a drug used for the treatment of osteoporosis
    • Treatment with NPS2143, an antagonist of CaSR or calcilytic, clearly suppressed the cell proliferation in a concentration-dependent manner (IC 50 = 2.64 μM) in IPAH-PASMCs, but not in normal and CTEPH PASMCs. Another calcilytic, Calhex 231, which is structurally unrelated to NPS2143, also...2015 September 17, “Inhibition of Excessive Cell Proliferation by Calcilytics in Idiopathic Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Forms of calcilytic

pluralcalcilytics

Questions about calcilytic

What does calcilytic mean?
Calcilytic means any antagonist of a calcium-sensing receptor; especially such a drug used for the treatment of osteoporosis.
What part of speech is calcilytic?
Calcilytic is a noun.
What is the plural of calcilytic?
The plural of calcilytic is calcilytics.

Words near calcilytic in the dictionary

  1. calcigenous
  2. calcigerous
  3. calcilutite
  4. calcilutites
  5. calcilutitic
  6. calcilytic
  7. calcilytics
  8. calcimedin
  9. calcimedins
  10. calcimeter
  11. calcimeters

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