amiloride

[ uh-mil-uh-rahyd ]

nounPharmacology.
  1. a potassium-sparing diuretic, C6H8ClN7O, used in the treatment of hypertension.

Origin of amiloride

1
Perhaps (di)ami(no-6-ch)lor(opyrazinam)ide, part of its chemical name

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