diazoxide

[ dahy-az-ok-sahyd ]

nounPharmacology.
  1. a substance, C8H7ClN2O2S, having potent antihypertensive action and used to reduce blood pressure in hypertensive crisis.

Origin of diazoxide

1
diaz- + oxide, components of the chemical name

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