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doxazosin

US/dɑkˈseɪ.zəs.ɪn/

doxazosin noun: a drug taken orally in the form of its mesylate C₂₃H₂₅N₅O₅·CH₄O₃S to relieve urethral obstruction in benign prostatic hyperplasia and to treat hypertension. It is a derivative of quinazoline that acts to relax smooth muscle by combining with and blocking the activity of an alpha-receptor.

doxazosin: a drug taken orally in the form of its mesylate C₂₃H₂₅N₅O₅·CH₄O₃S to relieve urethral obstruction...
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Noun

doxazosin (uncountable)

  1. A drug taken orally in the form of its mesylate C₂₃H₂₅N₅O₅·CH₄O₃S to relieve urethral obstruction in benign prostatic hyperplasia and to treat hypertension. It is a derivative of quinazoline that acts to relax smooth muscle by combining with and blocking the activity of an alpha-receptor.

Origin of doxazosin

Probably from (benzo)d(i)ox(ane) + -azosin.

Questions about doxazosin

What does doxazosin mean?
Doxazosin means a drug taken orally in the form of its mesylate C₂₃H₂₅N₅O₅·CH₄O₃S to relieve urethral obstruction in benign prostatic hyperplasia and to treat hypertension. It is a derivative of quinazoline that acts to relax smooth muscle by combining with and blocking the activity of an alpha-receptor.
What part of speech is doxazosin?
Doxazosin is a noun.
How do you pronounce doxazosin?
Doxazosin is pronounced /dɑkˈseɪ.zəs.ɪn/ (US).

Words near doxazosin in the dictionary

  1. doxastic logic
  2. doxastic logics
  3. doxastically
  4. doxastics
  5. doxazocin
  6. doxazosin
  7. Doxbridge
  8. doxecitine
  9. doxed
  10. doxefazepam
  11. doxen

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