loniten

What does loniten mean?

loniten means "a vasodilator (trade name Loniten) used to treat severe hypertension; one side effect is hirsutism so it is also sold (trade name Rogaine) as a treatment for male-patterned baldness".

How many syllables are in loniten?

loniten has 3 syllables and divides as lo-ni-ten under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is another word for loniten?

Close synonyms include minoxidil, Rogaine. 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 loniten a common word?

loniten is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for loniten come from Princeton University’s WordNet. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.