VERAPAMIL

verapamil, Calan, Isoptin

(noun) a drug (trade names Calan and Isoptin) used as an oral or parenteral calcium blocker in cases of hypertension or congestive heart failure or angina or migraine

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Noun

verapamil (countable and uncountable, plural verapamils)

(medicine) A calcium blocker used to treat angina and heart failure

Anagrams

• primaeval, primæval

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Coffee Trivia

The word “coffee” entered the English language in 1582 via the Dutch “koffie,” borrowed from the Ottoman Turkish “kahve,” borrowed in turn from the Arabic “qahwah.” The Arabic word qahwah was traditionally held to refer to a type of wine.

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