ethacrynic acid

American

[eth-uh-krin-ik, eth-] / ˈɛθ əˈkrɪn ɪk, ˌɛθ- /

noun

Pharmacology.

a whitish crystalline powder, C 13 H 12 Cl 2 O 4 , that is a potent diuretic used in the treatment of acute pulmonary edema and other edemas associated with such diseases as congestive heart failure, cirrhosis of the liver, and renal disease.

1960–65; apparently (m)eth(ylene) + ac(etic) + (buty)ry(l) + (phe)n(oxy) + -ic

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