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bretylium

American  
[bruh-til-ee-uhm] / brəˈtɪl i əm /

noun

Pharmacology.

  1. a substance, C 18 H 24 BrNO 3 S, used to treat acute ventricular arrhythmias and suppress ventricular fibrillation.

Etymology

Origin of bretylium

Presumably br(omobenzyl) + (dim)et(h)yl(ammon)ium, two of its chemical components

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Hoping to reduce the risk of either reaction, the Walter Reed doctors first tried a British drug, bretylium tosylate, which blocks the action on the heart of noradrenaline, a stimulating hormone in the adrenaline group.

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