ethacrynic acid

1. 1.

   diuretic (trade name Edecrin) used to treat edema

   SynonymsEdecrin

   Broaderdiuretic drug

   trade name

Questions about ethacrynic acid

What does ethacrynic acid mean?

ethacrynic acid means "diuretic (trade name Edecrin) used to treat edema".

What is another word for ethacrynic acid?

Close synonyms include Edecrin. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is ethacrynic acid a common word?

ethacrynic acid is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.