Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A drug that inhibits leukotriene formation, used to treat asthma.
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- noun An
asthma drug that blocksleukotriene synthesis by inhibiting 5-lipoxygenase, an enzyme of the eicosanoid synthesis pathway.
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[(ben)z(oth)i(ene), one of its components + leu(ko)t(riene) + –on.]
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