Verapamil Definition

və-răpə-mĭl
noun
A white, crystalline powder, C27H39ClN2O4, that dilates blood vessels, used in medicine to treat angina pectoris, hypertension, etc.
Webster's New World

(medicine) A calcium blocker used to treat angina and heart failure.

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Origin of Verapamil

  • vera(tryl) one of its constituents (from New Latin Vērātrum hellebore genus veratrine) -pamil vasodilating drug suffix (perhaps p(ropyl)) (am(ino)) ((nitr)il(e))

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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