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tacrine

/ˈtæ.kɹiːn/

tacrine noun: a synthetic drug used in Alzheimer's disease to inhibit the breakdown of acetylcholine by cholinesterase and thereby enhance neurological function.

tacrine: a synthetic drug used in Alzheimer's disease to inhibit the breakdown of acetylcholine by...
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Noun

tacrine (uncountable)

  1. A synthetic drug used in Alzheimer's disease to inhibit the breakdown of acetylcholine by cholinesterase and thereby enhance neurological function.
    • In the 1980s, Dr. Thal, a neurologist, helped lead successful clinical trials of tacrine, a cholinesterase inhibitor drug that was approved by the Food and Drug Administration in 1993.2007 February 8, Jeremy Pearce, “Leon J. Thal, Neurologist Who Led Study for Alzheimer’s Drugs, Dies at 62”, in New York Times

Origin of tacrine

From t(etrahydro) + acr(id)ine.

Questions about tacrine

What does tacrine mean?
Tacrine means a synthetic drug used in Alzheimer's disease to inhibit the breakdown of acetylcholine by cholinesterase and thereby enhance neurological function.
What part of speech is tacrine?
Tacrine is a noun.
How do you pronounce tacrine?
Tacrine is pronounced /ˈtæ.kɹiːn/.

Words near tacrine in the dictionary

  1. Tacony
  2. tacops
  3. tacos
  4. TACOs out
  5. tacos vampiros
  6. tacrine
  7. tacrolimus
  8. tacrolymus
  9. TACS
  10. tacsonia
  11. tacsonias

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