METHENAMINE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does methenamine mean? 

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

1. antibacterial agent (trade names Mandelamine and Urex) that is contained in many products that are used to treat urinary infections

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• METHENAMINE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Antibacterial agent (trade names Mandelamine and Urex) that is contained in many products that are used to treat urinary infections

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

Mandelamine; methenamine; Urex

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

antibacterial; antibacterial drug; bactericide (any drug that destroys bacteria or inhibits their growth)

 Context examples 

Methenamine is typically used long-term to treat chronic urinary tract infections and to prevent the recurrence of infections.

(Methenamine, NCI Thesaurus)

The hippurate salt form of methenamine, a prodrug and inactive weak base that slowly hydrolyzes in acidic urine to ammonia and the effective, urinary tract antiseptic formaldehyde.

(Methenamine Hippurate, NCI Thesaurus)

An organic salt containing a one to one ratio of methenamine, a heterocyclic organic compound, and mandelic acid, an aromatic alpha hydroxy acid, used in the treatment of urinary tract infections.

(Methenamine Mandelate, NCI Thesaurus)

In the body methenamine is converted to formaldehyde, a nonspecific bactericidal agent.

(Methenamine, NCI Thesaurus)