propanolol

1. 1.

   the first beta blocker (trade name Inderal) used in treating hypertension and angina pectoris and essential tremor

   SynonymsInderal

   Broaderbeta blocker

   trade name

Other forms of propanolol

plural

propanolols·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about propanolol

What does propanolol mean?

propanolol means "the first beta blocker (trade name Inderal) used in treating hypertension and angina pectoris and essential tremor".

How many syllables are in propanolol?

propanolol has 4 syllables: pro-pa-no-lol. The stress falls on "pa".

What is another word for propanolol?

Close synonyms include Inderal. 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 propanolol a common word?

propanolol 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.