English Explanatory Dictionary

amantadine

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A drug used especially as the hydrochloride C₁₀H₁₇N·HCl to prevent infection (as by an influenzavirus) by interfering with virus penetration into host cells.

Pronunciation

/əˈmæn.təˌdin/

Word forms

amantadine amantadines

Etymology

From amantad- (“alteration of adamantane”) + -ine.

Derived words

-mantadine
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