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vapreotide

vapreotide noun: a synthetic somatostatin analogue used to treat bleeding and diarrhoea.

Noun

vapreotide (uncountable)

  1. A synthetic somatostatin analogue used to treat bleeding and diarrhoea.

Origin of vapreotide

From [Term?] + -reotide (“somatostatin receptor agonist/antagonist”).

Questions about vapreotide

What does vapreotide mean?
Vapreotide means a synthetic somatostatin analogue used to treat bleeding and diarrhoea.
What part of speech is vapreotide?
Vapreotide is a noun.

Words near vapreotide in the dictionary

  1. vapourousness
  2. vapours
  3. vapourware
  4. vapourwave
  5. vapoury
  6. vapreotide
  7. vaps
  8. vaptan
  9. vaptans
  10. vapulary
  11. vapulate

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