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hydralazine

[ hahy-dral-uh-zeen ]

noun

, Pharmacology.
  1. a white crystalline powder, C 8 H 8 N 4 , that dilates blood vessels and is used in the treatment of hypertension.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of hydralazine1

First recorded in 1950–55; hydr- 2 + (phth)al(ic) + azine
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Example Sentences

The nerve damage you describe can be triggered by the drug hydralazine.

But a few years ago a study suggested that hydralazine might be particularly useful in African-Americans.

That hydralazine can also cause a vitamin deficiency was common knowledge in this medication’s first life but seems to have been forgotten in its reprise.

While he was in the hospital, the doctors were not giving him hydralazine because his blood pressure was low.

Now the story was beginning to make sense: the hydralazine caused the vitamin-B6 deficiency, which, in turn, led to the niacin deficiency and pellagra.

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