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captopril

[ kap-tuh-pril ]

noun

Pharmacology.
  1. a white to whitish crystalline powder, C 9 H 15 NO 3 S, used as an antihypertensive.


captopril

/ ˈ°ìæ±è³ÙÉ™±è°ùɪ±ô /

noun

  1. an ACE inhibitor used to treat high blood pressure and congestive heart failure
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Origin of captopril1

Probably by contraction and respelling of mercaptopropanoyl a chemical component
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When someone is taking an ACE inhibitor like benazepril, captopril, enalapril or lisinopril, extra potassium can become life-threatening.

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After making a fortune for the company, captopril went generic in 1996.

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Valsartan, captopril, or both in myocardial infarction complicated by heart failure, left ventricular dysfunction, or both.

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And captopril, a blood-vessel-relaxing agent widely used to treat hypertension, is based on teprotide, from Brazilian arrowhead vipers, which helps the other toxins in the venom circulate quickly, and thus reach their targets rapidly.

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Barbosa says examples of biopiracy abound, such as the development in the 1970s of the hypertension medication captopril from a snake venom that indigenous groups used on arrowhead tips.

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