CHLOROTHIAZIDE

chlorothiazide, Diuril

(noun) a diuretic drug (trade name Diuril) used in the treatment of edema and hypertension

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

chlorothiazide (usually uncountable, plural chlorothiazides)

(medicine) A thiazide diuretic used in the treatment of hypertension and other conditions

Source: Wiktionary



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Word of the Day

17 June 2025

RECREANT

(adjective) having deserted a cause or principle; “some provinces had proved recreant”; “renegade supporters of the usurper”


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Coffee Trivia

In 1884, Angelo Moriondo of Turin, Italy, demonstrated the first working example of an espresso machine.

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