metolazone

[ me-toh-luh-zohn ]

noun

, Pharmacology.

1. a thiazide diuretic, C 1 6 H 1 6 ClN 3 O 3 S, used in the treatment of hypertension and as a diuretic in patients with chronic renal failure.

Word History and Origins

Origin of metolazone¹

Contraction and rearrangement of meth-, quinazoline, -one components of the chemical name

Example Sentences

But the medications a pharmacy technician wrote down did not include metolazone.

From Washington Post

One was for the diuretic metolazone.

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