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ANTIARRHYTHMIC

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A drug used to treat an abnormal heart rhythmplay

Synonyms:

antiarrhythmic; antiarrhythmic drug; antiarrhythmic medication

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

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

medicament; medication; medicinal drug; medicine ((medicine) something that treats or prevents or alleviates the symptoms of disease)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "antiarrhythmic"):

amiodarone; Cordarone (an antiarrhythmic drug (trade name Cordarone) that has potentially fatal side effects and is used to control serious heart rhythm problems only when safer agents have been ineffective)

encainide; Enkaid (antiarrhythmic drug (trade name Enkaid) used to treat life-threatening arrhythmias but increases the risk of sudden death in heart attack patients)

flecainide; Tambocor (oral antiarrhythmic medication (trade name Tambocor) used as a last resort in treating arrhythmias; increases the risk of sudden death in heart attack patients)

mexiletine; Mexitil (antiarrhythmic drug (trade name Mexitil) used to treat ventricular arrhythmias)

Quinidex; quinidine; Quinora (cardiac drug (trade names Quinidex and Quinora) used to treat certain heart arrhythmias)

tocainide; Tonocard (antiarrhythmic drug (trade name Tonocard) used to treat ventricular arrhythmias when less dangerous drugs have failed)

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 Context examples: 

The hydrochloride salt of an iodine-rich benzofuran derivative with antiarrhythmic and vasodilatory activities.

(Amiodarone hydrochloride, NCI Thesaurus)

It is a type of antiarrhythmic agent.

(Amiodarone hydrochloride, NCI Dictionary)

An iodine-rich benzofuran derivative with antiarrhythmic and vasodilatory activities.

(Amiodarone, NCI Thesaurus)

A synthetic butyranilide derivative with hypotensive and antiarrhythmic activity.

(Acebutolol, NCI Thesaurus)

A synthetic isopropylamino-propanol derivative used as an antihypertensive, hypotensive and antiarrhythmic Atenolol acts as a peripheral, cardioselective beta blocker specific for beta-1 adrenergic receptors, without intrinsic sympathomimetic effects.

(Atenolol, NCI Thesaurus)

A class Ia antiarrhythmic agent with cardiac depressant properties.

(Disopyramide Phosphate, NCI Thesaurus)

A sulfonamide class III antiarrhythmic agent and potassium channel blocker.

(Dofetilide, NCI Thesaurus)

A benzothiazepine derivative with anti-hypertensive, antiarrhythmic properties.

(Diltiazem, NCI Thesaurus)

The hydrochloride salt form of moricizine, a phenothiazine analog with class I antiarrhythmic activity.

(Moricizine Hydrochloride, NCI Thesaurus)

The hydrochloride salt form of acebutolol, a synthetic butyranilide derivative with hypotensive and antiarrhythmic activity.

(Acebutolol Hydrochloride, NCI Thesaurus)




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