aminoglutethimide

[uh-mee-noh-gloo-teth-uh-mahyd, am-uh-noh-]

noun Pharmacology.

a hormone antagonist, C₁₃H₁₆N₂O₂, used in the treatment of Cushing's syndrome and breast cancer.

Origin:
apparently from selected and rearranged syllables of aminophenyl and ethylglutarimide, components of its full chemical name

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Aminoglutethimide has a plethora of syllables.

So is supercalifragilisticexpialidocious. Does it mean:

opposition to the withdrawal of state support or recognition from an established church, esp. the Anglican Church in 19th-century England.

(used as a nonsense word by children to express approval or to represent the longest word in English.)

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