amantadine
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From amantad- (“alteration of adamantane”) + -ine.
Pronunciation[edit]
- (General American) IPA(key): /əˈmæn.təˌdin/
Noun[edit]
amantadine (plural amantadines)
- (pharmacology) A drug used especially as the hydrochloride C10H17N·HCl to prevent infection (as by an influenzavirus) by interfering with virus penetration into host cells.
Derived terms[edit]
- -mantadine (“adamantane derivative”)
Translations[edit]
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References[edit]
- “amantadine”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.