thalidone

What does thalidone mean?

thalidone means "a diuretic (trade names Hygroton and Thalidone) used to control hypertension and conditions that cause edema; effective in lowering blood pressure to prevent heart attacks".

How many syllables are in thalidone?

thalidone has 3 syllables and divides as tha-li-done 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 thalidone?

Close synonyms include chlorthalidone, Hygroton. 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 thalidone a common word?

thalidone 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 thalidone come from Princeton University’s WordNet. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.