Etymology

diazoxide

D2I1A1Z10O1X8I1D2E1

Today it means: A potassium channel activator which causes local relaxation in smooth muscle by increasing membrane permeability to potassium ions, used as a vasodilator to treat hypertension and in diabetes to decrease the secretion of insulin. Full definition →

English dioxide ← French oxide ← Latin acidu
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  1. Arabicلُبَان (lubān)
  2. Proto-Indo-European*yew-
  3. Proto-Indo-European*yéwos
  4. Proto-Indo-Iranian*yáwas
  5. Sanskritयव (yava)bor.?
  6. Proto-Austronesian*zawa
  7. Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*zawader.?
  8. Old Javanesejawa
  9. Old JavaneseJawi
  10. Javaneseꦗꦮꦶ (jawi)
  11. Arabicجَاوَة (jāwa)
  12. Arabicـِيّ (-iyy)
  13. Arabicجَاوِيّ (jāwiyy)
  14. Arabicلُبَان جَاوِيّ (lubān jāwiyy)
  15. Catalanbenjuí
  16. Middle Frenchbenjoin
  17. Englishbenzoin
  18. Englishbenzo-
  19. Englishthia-
  20. Proto-Indo-European*dwóh₁
  21. Proto-Indo-European*dwi-
  22. Proto-Hellenic*dwi-
  23. Ancient Greekδῐ- (dĭ-)
  24. Latindi-
  25. Englishdi-
  26. Proto-Indo-European*né
  27. Proto-Indo-European*n̥-
  28. Proto-Hellenic*ə-
  29. Ancient Greekᾰ̓- (ă-)
  30. Proto-Indo-European*gʷeyh₃-
  31. Proto-Indo-European*gʷih₃wós
  32. Proto-Indo-European*gʷíh₃weti
  33. Proto-Hellenic*gʷyṓw-ō
  34. Proto-Hellenic*d͏̌ṓwō
  35. Ancient Greekζώω (zṓō)
  36. Ancient Greekζῶ (zô)
  37. Ancient Greekζωή (zōḗ)
  38. Frenchazote
  39. Englishazote
  40. Englishdiazine
  41. Englishthiadiazine
  42. Englishbenzothiadiazine
  43. Englishdi-
  44. Proto-Indo-European*h₂eḱ-der.?
  45. Ancient Greekὀξύς (oxús)
  46. Proto-Indo-European*ǵenh₁-
  47. Proto-Indo-European*ǵénh₁os
  48. Proto-Hellenic*génos
  49. Ancient Greekγένος (génos)
  50. Frenchoxygène
  51. Proto-Indo-European*h₂eḱ-
  52. Proto-Indo-European*h₂eḱéh₁yeti
  53. Proto-Italic*akēō
  54. Latinaceō
  55. Proto-Indo-European*dʰeh₁-
  56. Latinacidu
  57. Frenchacide
  58. Frenchoxide
  59. Englishoxide
  60. Englishdioxide
  61. English todaydiazoxide

Blend of (benzothia)diazine + dioxide.

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