terbinafine
US/tɚˈbɪn.əˌfin/
terbinafine noun: a synthetic allylamine antifungal drug that is highly lipophilic, used in the form of its hydrochloride C₂₁H₂₅N·HCl orally in the treatment of onychomycosis and topically in the treatment of tinea corporis, tinea cruris, and athlete's foot.
Noun
terbinafine (uncountable)
- A synthetic allylamine antifungal drug that is highly lipophilic, used in the form of its hydrochloride C₂₁H₂₅N·HCl orally in the treatment of onychomycosis and topically in the treatment of tinea corporis, tinea cruris, and athlete's foot.
- Terbinafine is a newly developed oral and topical antifungal agent in the allylamine class of antifungal compounds (Petranyi et al, 1984). Discovered in 1983, it is closely related to naftifine. Terbinafine became available in Europe in 1991, and in 1996 in the United States.2003, Peter G. Pappas, “Terbinafine”, in William E. Dismukes, Peter G. Pappas, Jack D. Sobel, editors, Clinical Mycology, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 104
Origin of terbinafine
Probably from ter(t-)b(utyl) + -yne + naph(thalene) + -ine.
Questions about terbinafine
- What does terbinafine mean?
- Terbinafine means a synthetic allylamine antifungal drug that is highly lipophilic, used in the form of its hydrochloride C₂₁H₂₅N·HCl orally in the treatment of onychomycosis and topically in the treatment of tinea corporis, tinea cruris, and athlete's foot.
- What part of speech is terbinafine?
- Terbinafine is a noun.
- How do you pronounce terbinafine?
- Terbinafine is pronounced /tɚˈbɪn.əˌfin/ (US).
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