AMANTADINE


Meaning of AMANTADINE in English

/euh man"teuh deen'/ , n. Pharm.

a water-soluble crystalline substance, C 10 H 17 NHCl, used as an antiviral and antiparkinsonian drug.

[ 1960-65; coinage appar. based on the chemical name 1-aminoadamantane; see AMINO-, ADAMANTANE ]

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