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LONITEN
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Loniten mean?
• LONITEN (noun)
The noun LONITEN has 1 sense:
1. a vasodilator (trade name Loniten) used to treat severe hypertension; one side effect is hirsutism so it is also sold (trade name Rogaine) as a treatment for male-patterned baldness
Familiarity information: LONITEN used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A vasodilator (trade name Loniten) used to treat severe hypertension; one side effect is hirsutism so it is also sold (trade name Rogaine) as a treatment for male-patterned baldness
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Synonyms:
Hypernyms ("Loniten" is a kind of...):
vasodilative; vasodilator (a drug that causes dilation of blood vessels)
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