verapamil
/vəˈræpəmɪl/noun
mass noun
- Medicine a synthetic compound which acts as a calcium antagonist and is used to treat angina pectoris and cardiac arrhythmias【医】戊脉安, 异搏定。
词源
1960s: from v(al)er(onitr)il(e) (from VALERIC ACID + NITRILE), with the insertion of -apam- (of unknown origin).