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penicillamine

American

[pen-uh-sil-uh-meen, -min] / ˌpɛn əˈsɪl əˌmin, -mɪn /

noun

Pharmacology.

a chelating agent, C 5 H 1 1 NO 2 S, produced by the degradation of penicillin, used in the treatment of severe rheumatoid arthritis and in heavy metal poisoning.

Etymology

Origin of penicillamine

First recorded in 1940–45; penicill(in) + -amine

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At Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, Drs. Daniel Wallace, James Klinenberg and Dennis Goldfinger worked with twelve patients with severe rheumatoid arthritis, for whom medications, including gold and penicillamine, provided no relief.

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