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pentylenetetrazol definition

pen·tylene·tet·ra·zol (pen′ti lēn′ te′trə zôl′, -zōl′)

noun

a white, crystalline powder, CHN, used as a circulatory and respiratory stimulant and formerly in shock therapy

Etymology: < pent(a-meth)ylene-tetrazol(e)

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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