bisoprolol
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Related to bisoprolol: Bisoprolol fumarate
bis·o·pro·lol
(bĭs-ō′prə-lôl′, -lōl′, bĭs′ō-prō′lôl, -lōl)n.
A beta-blocker drug, C18H31NO4, used in its fumarate form to treat hypertension.
[Perhaps b(is)-, (in reference to the two isopropyl groups at either end of the molecule) + isopro(pyl) + -olol, beta-blocker suffix; see propranolol.]
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bisoprolol
n bisoprolol mEnglish-Spanish/Spanish-English Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.