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losartan

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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  • General-American: /loʊˈsɑɹˌtæn/
  • General-American: /loʊˈsɑɹ.tən/
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noun

Meaning 1

An antihypertensive drug that is taken orally in the form of its potassium salt C22H22ClKN6O and blocks the action of the physiologically active form of angiotensin.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

Topics: medicine, pharmacology, sciences

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Meaning relationships

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History

Etymology

From (ch)lo(ro)- + -sartan (“selective angiotensin receptor antagonist”).