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vestipitant

vestipitant noun: a drug that acts as a selective antagonist for the NK₁ receptor, under development as a potential antiemetic and anxiolytic and to treat tinnitus.

Noun

vestipitant (uncountable)

  1. A drug that acts as a selective antagonist for the NK₁ receptor, under development as a potential antiemetic and anxiolytic and to treat tinnitus.

Origin of vestipitant

From [Term?] + -pitant (“neurokinin NK₁ receptor antagonist”).

Questions about vestipitant

What does vestipitant mean?
Vestipitant means a drug that acts as a selective antagonist for the NK₁ receptor, under development as a potential antiemetic and anxiolytic and to treat tinnitus.
What part of speech is vestipitant?
Vestipitant is a noun.

Words near vestipitant in the dictionary

  1. vestings
  2. Vestini
  3. Vestinian
  4. Vestinians
  5. vestiphobia
  6. vestipitant
  7. vestitol
  8. vestitone
  9. vestiture
  10. vestitures
  11. Vestland

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