FLECAINIDE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does flecainide mean? 

• FLECAINIDE (noun)
  The noun FLECAINIDE has 1 sense:

1. oral antiarrhythmic medication (trade name Tambocor) used as a last resort in treating arrhythmias; increases the risk of sudden death in heart attack patients

  Familiarity information: FLECAINIDE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• FLECAINIDE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Oral antiarrhythmic medication (trade name Tambocor) used as a last resort in treating arrhythmias; increases the risk of sudden death in heart attack patients

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

flecainide; Tambocor

Hypernyms ("flecainide" is a kind of...):

antiarrhythmic; antiarrhythmic drug; antiarrhythmic medication (a drug used to treat an abnormal heart rhythm)

 Context examples 

As a class Ic antiarrhythmic that blocks sodium channels, flecainide depresses polarization phase 0 and decreases the induction velocity of the His-Purkinje system.

(Flecainide, NCI Thesaurus)

The acetate salt form of flecainide, a synthetic agent derived from trifluoroethoxy-benzamide exhibiting antiarrhythmic and local anesthetic activity.

(Flecainide Acetate, NCI Thesaurus)