clonidine

[ klon-i-deen, kloh-ni- ]

nounPharmacology.
  1. a synthetic white crystalline substance, C9H9Cl2N3, used in the treatment of high blood pressure.

Origin of clonidine

1
1965–70; c(h)lo(ro)-2 + (a)ni(line) + (imi)d(e), extracted from the chemical name + -ine2

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