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amiodarone

amio·da·rone

US/əˈmi.əd.əˌɹoʊn/ uncommon

noun

1.

an antiarrhythmic drug (trade name Cordarone) that has potentially fatal side effects and is used to control serious heart rhythm problems only when safer agents have been ineffective

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Origin

From ami(no)- + iod- + (coum)arone (“benzofuran”).

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