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clopidogrel

UK/klə(ʊ)ˈpɪd.əɡ.ɹɛl/US/kloʊˈpɪd.əˌɡɹɛl/

clopidogrel noun: an oral antiplatelet agent used to inhibit blood clots in coronary artery disease, peripheral vascular disease, and cerebrovascular disease, having the chemical formula C₁₆H₁₆ClNO₂S.

clopidogrel: an oral antiplatelet agent used to inhibit blood clots in coronary artery disease, peripheral...
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Noun

clopidogrel (uncountable)

  1. An oral antiplatelet agent used to inhibit blood clots in coronary artery disease, peripheral vascular disease, and cerebrovascular disease, having the chemical formula C₁₆H₁₆ClNO₂S
    • For every 1,000 patients treated with prasugrel instead of clopidogrel, there would be three fewer cardiac-related deaths and 21 fewer nonfatal heart attacks — but there would also be two additional deaths caused by bleeding and three more incidents of serious but nonfatal bleeding, Dr. Unger told...2009 February 4, Natasha Singer, “F.D.A. Panel Approves Lilly Drug for Clotting”, in New York Times

Origin of clopidogrel

Probably from chlo(ro)- + p(yr)id(ine) + -o- + -grel (“platelet aggregation inhibitor”).

Questions about clopidogrel

What does clopidogrel mean?
Clopidogrel means an oral antiplatelet agent used to inhibit blood clots in coronary artery disease, peripheral vascular disease, and cerebrovascular disease, having the chemical formula C₁₆H₁₆ClNO₂S.
What part of speech is clopidogrel?
Clopidogrel is a noun.
How do you pronounce clopidogrel?
Clopidogrel is pronounced /klə(ʊ)ˈpɪd.əɡ.ɹɛl/ (UK).

Words near clopidogrel in the dictionary

  1. cloperastine
  2. clopersatine
  3. clopfic
  4. clophedianol
  5. Clophill
  6. clopidogrel
  7. clopidol
  8. clopidrogrel
  9. clopimozide
  10. clopipazan
  11. clopirac

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