Etymology

nitecapone

N1I1T1E1C3A1P3O1N1E1

Today it means: A drug that acts as a selective inhibitor of the enzyme catechol O-methyl transferase. Full definition →

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From [Term?] + -capone (“catechol-O-methyltransferase inhibitor”).

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