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bretylium
[ bruh-til-ee-uhm ]
noun
, Pharmacology.
- a substance, C 18 H 24 BrNO 3 S, used to treat acute ventricular arrhythmias and suppress ventricular fibrillation.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of bretylium1
Presumably br(omobenzyl) + (dim)et(h)yl(ammon)ium, two of its chemical components
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