captopril

(kaptō pril′, -tə-)

noun

a white, crystalline oral drug, CHNOS, that inhibits angiotensin, used to lower high blood pressure and treat heart failure

See captopril in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun
A drug used in the treatment of cardiovascular diseases, such as hypertension and congestive heart failure, that functions by inhibiting the enzymes that activate angiotensin.

Origin:

Origin: (mer)capt(an)

Origin: + pr(opane)

Origin: + alteration of -yl

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