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amiloride

[uh-mil-uh-rahyd]

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noun Pharmacology.

a potassium-sparing diuretic, C₆H₈ClN₇O, used in the treatment of hypertension.

Origin:
perhaps (di)ami(no-6-ch)lor(opyrazinam)ide, part of its chemical name

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