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pentamidines

pentamidines is the plural of pentamidine.

Meaning of pentamidine

Noun

pentamidine (countable and uncountable, plural pentamidines)

  1. A synthetic antibiotic drug used chiefly in the form of its salt C₂₃H₃₆N₄O₁₀S₂ especially to treat protozoal infections (such as leishmaniasis) and to prevent pneumocystis pneumonia.

Questions about pentamidines

What is pentamidines the plural of?
Pentamidines is the plural of pentamidine.

Words near pentamidines in the dictionary

  1. pentametric
  2. pentametrically
  3. pentametrist
  4. pentametrists
  5. pentamidine
  6. pentamidines
  7. pentamillionaire
  8. pentamillionaires
  9. pentamine
  10. pentamirror
  11. pentamirrors

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