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pentamidine definition

pen·tami·dine (pen tam′ə dēn′)

noun

a white, crystalline substance, CHNOS, used as a drug to treat AIDS-related pneumonia or protozoan diseases, esp. trypanosomiasis
in full pentamidine isethionate pentamidine i′se·thi′o·nate′ (ī′sə t̸hī′ə nāt′)

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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