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A polycyclic amine, 1-aminoadamantane, that is an antiviral drug used in the treatment of Parkinsons disease
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Amantadine — Systematic (IUPAC) name adamantan 1 amine … Wikipedia
Amantadine — Général Nom IUPAC tricyclo[3.3.1.13,7]décan 1 amine No … Wikipédia en Français
Amantadine — Strukturformel Allgemeines Freiname Amantadin Andere Namen … Deutsch Wikipedia
amantadine hydrochloride — [ə man′tə dēn΄, ə man′tədin΄] a white, crystalline drug, C10H17N·HCl, used to prevent and treat certain forms of influenza and to treat parkinsonism: also called amantadine n. * * * … Universalium
amantadine hydrochloride — [ə man′tə dēn΄, ə man′tədin΄] a white, crystalline drug, C10H17N·HCl, used to prevent and treat certain forms of influenza and to treat parkinsonism: also called amantadine n … English World dictionary
amantadine — noun Etymology: International Scientific Vocabulary amantad (alteration of adamantane, C10H16) + amine Date: 1964 a drug used especially as the hydrochloride C10H17N•HCl to prevent infection (as by an influenza virus) by interfering with virus … New Collegiate Dictionary
amantadine — (ah man tah den) An antiviral compound used to prevent type A influenza infections … Dictionary of microbiology
amantadine — Used as an antiviral agent (especially against influenza virus). Produces some symptomatic relief in Parkinsonism … Dictionary of molecular biology
amantadine — /euh man teuh deen /, n. Pharm. a water soluble crystalline substance, C10H17NHCl, used as an antiviral and antiparkinsonian drug. [1960 65; coinage appar. based on the chemical name 1 aminoadamantane; see AMINO , ADAMANTANE] * * * … Universalium
amantadine — aman·ta·dine ə mant ə .dēn n a drug administered orally esp. in the form of its hydrochloride C10H17N·HCl to prevent infection (as by the virus causing influenza A) by interfering with virus penetration into host cells and in the treatment of… … Medical dictionary
