亚洲网紅露点

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hexamethonium

[ hek-suh-muh-thoh-nee-uhm ]

noun

Pharmacology.
  1. a compound, C 10 H 24 N 2 , used in the treatment of severe hypertension to lower blood pressure and increase blood flow by blocking transmission of nerve impulses that constrict blood vessels.


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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of hexamethonium1

First recorded in 1945鈥50; hexa- + meth(yl) + (amm)onium
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Example Sentences

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Doctors would give her a dose of the drug hexamethonium to induce a mild attack, her healthy body would fend off that attack, and doctors would observe how her body did it.

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A study performed way back in 1978 had discovered this kind of reaction to hexamethonium鈥攂ut the paper that was published didn鈥檛 mention it.

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Some, such as hexamethonium and chlorisondamine, are blocking agents.

Patients who could not get their tongues around the hexasyllabic name of hexamethonium demanded the new drug, and no argument.

To be safe, he added a buffer solution to the hexamethonium--but without informing the IRB, which he should have done.

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