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GLUTETHIMIDE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does glutethimide mean?
• GLUTETHIMIDE (noun)
The noun GLUTETHIMIDE has 1 sense:
1. sedative (trade name Doriden) used to treat some sleep disorders
Familiarity information: GLUTETHIMIDE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Sedative (trade name Doriden) used to treat some sleep disorders
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Synonyms:
Doriden; glutethimide
Hypernyms ("glutethimide" is a kind of...):
depressant; downer; sedative; sedative drug (a drug that reduces excitability and calms a person)
Context examples
A synthetic derivative of the sedative and anticonvulsant glutethimide with anti-steroid properties.
(Aminoglutethimide, NCI Thesaurus)
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