spironolactone
/ˌspaɪərənəʊˈlæktəʊn/noun
mass noun
Medicine a steroid drug which promotes sodium excretion and is used in the treatment of certain types of oedema and hypertension
【医】安体舒通, 螺内酯。
词源
1960s: from
SPIRO-1 (in sense 2) +
LACTONE, with the insertion of
-ONE.