guanadrel

[ gwah-nuh-drel, -druhl ]

noun

, Pharmacology.

1. a substance, C 20 H 40 N 6 O 8 S, used as an antihypertensive.

Word History and Origins

Origin of guanadrel¹

1965–70; perhaps guan(idine) + adre(nergic) ( def ) + -l, of uncertain derivation