AMANTADINE


Meaning of AMANTADINE in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ə-ˈman-tə-ˌdēn ]

noun

Etymology: International Scientific Vocabulary amantad- (alteration of adamantane, C 10 H 16 ) + am ine

Date: 1964

: a drug used especially as the hydrochloride C 10 H 17 N·HCl to prevent infection (as by an influenza virus) by interfering with virus penetration into host cells

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