TRENTAL

pentoxifylline, Trental

(noun) a drug (trade name Trental) used to treat claudication; believed to increase the flexibility of red blood cells so they can flow through the blood vessels to the legs and feet

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

trental (plural trentals)

A Roman Catholic office and mass for the dead on the thirtieth day after death or burial.

(by extension) A dirge or elegy.

Source: Wiktionary


Tren"tal, n. Etym: [LL. trentale, fr. L. triginta thirty; akin to tres three: cf. OF. trentel. See Three, and cf. Trigintal.]

1. (R. C. Ch.)

Definition: An office and mass for the dead on the thirtieth day after death or burial. "Their trentals and their shrifts." Spenser.

2. Hence, a dirge; an elegy.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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