amantadine

English

Chemical structure of amantadine

Etymology

From amantad- (“alteration of adamantane”) +‎ -ine.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /əˈmæn.təˌdin/

Noun

amantadine (plural amantadines)

1. (pharmacology) A drug used especially as the hydrochloride C₁₀H₁₇N·HCl to prevent infection (as by an influenzavirus) by interfering with virus penetration into host cells.

Derived terms

• -mantadine (“adamantane derivative”)

Translations

Translations

• Finnish: amantadiini
• Portuguese: amantadina f

References

• “amantadine”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.

Anagrams

• adamantine, antamanide, diamantane