acetazolamide

acetazolamide
noun Etymology: acet- + azole + amide Date: 1954 a diuretic drug C4H6N4O3S2 used especially in the treatment of edema associated with congestive heart failure and of glaucoma and in the prevention and treatment of altitude sickness

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