Hygroton

Hy·gro·ton

[hahy-gruh-ton]
Pharmacology, Trademark.
a brand of chlorthalidone.
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hygroton

noun
a diuretic (trade names Hygroton and Thalidone) used to control hypertension and conditions that cause edema; effective in lowering blood pressure to prevent heart attacks [syn: chlorthalidone
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Hygroton 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 stew of meat, vegetables, potatoes, etc.
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