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noun
A drug, C22H19N3O4, that is used to treat erectile dysfunction and benign prostatic hyperplasia and functions similarly to sildenafil. It is marketed under the trademark Cialis.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
Topics: medicine, pharmacology, sciences
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
virility drug (trade name Cialis) used to treat erectile dysfunction in men
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: Cialis
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: virility drug, anti-impotence drug
History
From [Term?] + -afil (“inhibitor of phosphodiesterase PDE5 with vasodilator action”).
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15 source translations are retained for this English entry.
