Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun Any of several lipid compounds that contain 20 carbon atoms, are related to prostaglandins, and mediate the inflammatory response.

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  • noun biochemistry Any of several physiologically active lipids, related to the prostaglandins, that participate in allergic responses

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[leuko(cyte) + triene, a compound containing three double bonds (tri– + –ene).]

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Examples

  • Singulair is what is known as leukotriene antagonist, the name doesn't matter.

    CNN Transcript Mar 28, 2008 2008

  • Now, a couple of things, first of all, Singulair is what's called a leukotriene antagonist.

    CNN Transcript Mar 28, 2008 2008

  • Singulair is what is known as a leukotriene antagonist.

    CNN Transcript Mar 28, 2008 2008

  • The second part of your question, yes, this class of drugs, known as leukotriene antagonist, there are the drugs on that list as well.

    CNN Transcript Mar 28, 2008 2008

  • Now researchers in England say that anti-inflammatory drugs, called leukotriene modifiers , that come in pills are reasonable alternatives to the plastic tube.

    NPR Topics: News 2011

  • In recent years, there have been reports of depression, suicidal thoughts and other psychiatric problems in some people on allergy medications known as leukotriene modifiers -

    Yahoo! News: Business - Opinion 2010

  • In recent years, there have been reports of depression, suicidal thoughts and other psychiatric problems in some people on allergy medications known as leukotriene modifiers -

    Yahoo! News: Business - Opinion 2010

  • • SINGULAIR is a medicine called a leukotriene receptor antagonist.

    Nachrichten Ticker - www.finanzen.net 2009

  • One of the newest pharmaceutical weapons against asthma is a class of drugs called leukotriene inhibitors.

    NaturalNews.com 2009

  • Singulair, a leukotriene receptor antagonist or LTRA, was the nation's seventh most popular drug last year, according to IMS health and earned more than $4 billion.

    Martha Rosenberg: Are You Taking These Asthma Drugs? Martha Rosenberg 2011

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