aminoglutethimide
[ uh-mee-noh-gloo-teth-uh-mahyd, am-uh-noh- ]
nounPharmacology.
a hormone antagonist, C13H16N2O2, used in the treatment of Cushing's syndrome and breast cancer.
Origin of aminoglutethimide
1Apparently from selected and rearranged syllables of aminophenyl and ethylglutarimide, components of its full chemical name
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