Neostigmine

noun

/ˌniː.əˈstɪɡ.miːn/

Word Frequency: 0.2

Definitions

1.nounAn anticholinesterase drug used in the form of its bromide C12H19BrN2O2 or a methyl sulfate derivative C13H22N2O6S especially in the diagnosis and treatment of myasthenia gravis and in the treatment of urinary bladder or bowel atony.

Synonyms

bromide intrathecal pyridostigmine physostigmine distigmine quilostigmine pyridostigimine ambenonium bethanechol octatropine decamethonium bromide clidinium

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