labetalol

[ luh-bet-uh-lawl, -lol ]

nounPharmacology.
  1. an alpha- and beta-adrenergic blocking agent, C19H24N2O3, used in the treatment of hypertension.

Origin of labetalol

1
Probably la-, inversion of al(pha) + beta + -l- of uncertain derivative + -ol1

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