benznidazole

B3E1N1Z10N1I1D2A1Z10O1L1E1

noun

An antiparasitic medication used in the treatment of Chagas disease.

Scrabble 33

Meanings

nounbenznidazole (uncountable)
  1. uncountablemedicineAn antiparasitic medication used in the treatment of Chagas disease.

Origin

  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. Englishbenz-
  20. Proto-Indo-European*médʰu
  21. Proto-Hellenic*métʰu
  22. Ancient Greekμέθυ (méthu)
  23. Proto-Indo-European*swel-der.?
  24. Ancient Greekῡ̔́λη (hū́lē)
  25. GermanMethy
  26. Englishme(thyl)
  27. Egyptiannṯr
  28. Egyptiannṯrj
  29. Ancient Greekνῐ́τρον (nĭ́tron)
  30. Englishnitro-
  31. Egyptianjmn
  32. Ancient GreekᾸ̓́μμων (Ắmmōn)
  33. LatinAmmōn
  34. Latinammoniacus
  35. Englishammonia
  36. Proto-Indo-European*dʰeh₁-
  37. Englishamide
  38. Englishimide
  39. Proto-Indo-European*né
  40. Proto-Indo-European*n̥-
  41. Proto-Hellenic*ə-
  42. Ancient Greekᾰ̓- (ă-)
  43. Proto-Indo-European*gʷeyh₃-
  44. Proto-Indo-European*gʷih₃wós
  45. Proto-Indo-European*gʷíh₃weti
  46. Proto-Hellenic*gʷyṓw-ō
  47. Proto-Hellenic*d͏̌ṓwō
  48. Ancient Greekζώω (zṓō)
  49. Ancient Greekζῶ (zô)
  50. Ancient Greekζωή (zōḗ)
  51. Frenchazote
  52. Englishazote
  53. Englishazo-
  54. Englishazole
  55. Englishimidazole
  56. Englishmetronidazole
  57. Englishbenznidazole

From benz- + -nidazole (“metronidazole derivative”).

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APA

benznidazole. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/benznidazole

MLA

“benznidazole.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/benznidazole. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “benznidazole,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/benznidazole.

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