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tromethamine

US/tɹoʊˈmɛθ.əˌmin/

tromethamine is the alternative form of trometamol.

Meaning of trometamol

Noun

trometamol (uncountable)

  1. The organic compound tris when used in drugs.
    • fosfomycin trometamol

Origin of tromethamine

From tr(ishydr)o(xymethyl) + methamine.

Questions about tromethamine

What is tromethamine the alternative form of?
Tromethamine is the alternative form of trometamol.
How do you pronounce tromethamine?
Tromethamine is pronounced /tɹoʊˈmɛθ.əˌmin/ (US).

Words near tromethamine in the dictionary

  1. trombopoietine
  2. trombospondin
  3. tromboxan
  4. tromboxane
  5. trometamol
  6. tromethamine
  7. tromino
  8. trominoes
  9. trominos
  10. trommel
  11. trommels

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Adapted from Wiktionary: tromethamine (page history and authors); trometamol (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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