| English Dictionary |
PIPERAZINE
| Pronunciation (US): |  | (GB): | |
Dictionary entry overview: What does piperazine mean?
• PIPERAZINE (noun)
The noun PIPERAZINE has 1 sense:
1. vermifuge used to treat infestations by roundworms or pinworms
Familiarity information: PIPERAZINE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Vermifuge used to treat infestations by roundworms or pinworms
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("piperazine" is a kind of...):
anthelminthic; anthelmintic; helminthic; vermifuge (a medication capable of causing the evacuation of parasitic intestinal worms)
Context examples
A piperazine derivative with potential antineoplastic alkyating activity.
(Pipobroman, NCI Thesaurus)
The hydrochloride salt form of buclizine, a piperazine histamine H1 receptor antagonist with primarily antiemetic and antivertigo activities.
(Buclizine Hydrochloride, NCI Thesaurus)
A piperazine histamine H1 receptor antagonist with primarily antiemetic and antivertigo activities.
(Buclizine, NCI Thesaurus)
The citrate salt of piperazine, a cyclic amine with anthelminthic property.
(Piperazine Citrate, NCI Thesaurus)
A piperazine derivative with antihistamine, antiemetic, and anxiolytic properties.
(Hydroxyzine, NCI Thesaurus)
A natural estrogenic substance composed of estrone sulfate and piperazine.
(Estropipate, NCI Thesaurus)
The hydrochloride salt form of hydroxyzine, a piperazine histamine H1-receptor antagonist with anti-allergic, antispasmodic, sedative, anti-emetic and anti-anxiety properties.
(Hydroxyzine Hydrochloride, NCI Thesaurus)
The pamoate salt form of hydroxyzine, a synthetic piperazine histamine H1-receptor antagonist with anti-allergic, antispasmodic, sedative, anti-emetic and anti-anxiety properties.
(Hydroxyzine Pamoate, NCI Thesaurus)
Piperazine citrate is a gamma-aminobutyric acid GABA receptor agonist and blocks the activity of acetylcholine at the neuromuscular junction thereby altering neuronal cell membrane permeability and causing hyperpolarization.
(Piperazine Citrate, NCI Thesaurus)
| Learn English with... Proverbs |
"We are all visitors to this time, this place. We are just passing through. Our purpose here is to observe, to learn, to grow, to love... and then we return home." (Aboriginal Australian proverbs)
"Luck in the sky and brains in the ground." (Arabic proverb)
"Eat a big bite but don't say a big statement." (Cypriot proverb)