atenolol

[uh-ten-uh-lawl, -lol]

a·ten·o·lol

[uh-ten-uh-lawl, -lol]
noun Pharmacology.
a synthetic beta blocker, C14H22N2O3, used in the management of hypertension, angina pectoris, and cardiac arrhythmias and, topically, in the treatment of glaucoma.

Origin:
laboratory coinage of unexplained orig.
Dictionary.com Unabridged
Based on the Random House Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2012.
Cite This Source Link To atenolol

00:10

00:09

00:08

00:07

00:06

00:05

00:04

00:03

00:02

00:01

Atenolol is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
a chattering or flighty, light-headed person.
American Heritage
Medical Dictionary

atenolol a·ten·o·lol (ə-těn'ə-lôl', -lōl')
n.
A beta-blocking agent used primarily in the treatment of angina pectoris and hypertension.

The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary
Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Cite This Source
Dictionary.com, LLC. Copyright © 2012. All rights reserved.
  • Please Login or Sign Up to use the Recent Searches feature
FAVORITES
RECENT