bretylium

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noun

An antiarrhythmic agent that blocks the release of noradrenaline from nerve terminals.

OriginEnglish ethyl ← German Ethy ← Ancient Greek ῡ̔́λη (hū́lē) →
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Meanings

nounbretylium (uncountable)
  1. uncountablemedicineAn antiarrhythmic agent that blocks the release of noradrenaline from nerve terminals.

Origin

  1. Ancient Greekβρῶμος (brômos)
  2. Frenchbrome
  3. Englishbrome
  4. Englishbromine
  5. Englishbromo-
  6. Arabicلُبَان (lubān)
  7. Proto-Indo-European*yew-
  8. Proto-Indo-European*yéwos
  9. Proto-Indo-Iranian*yáwas
  10. Sanskritयव (yava)bor.?
  11. Proto-Austronesian*zawa
  12. Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*zawader.?
  13. Old Javanesejawa
  14. Old JavaneseJawi
  15. Javaneseꦗꦮꦶ (jawi)
  16. Arabicجَاوَة (jāwa)
  17. Arabicـِيّ (-iyy)
  18. Arabicجَاوِيّ (jāwiyy)
  19. Arabicلُبَان جَاوِيّ (lubān jāwiyy)
  20. Catalanbenjuí
  21. Middle Frenchbenjoin
  22. Englishbenzoin
  23. Englishbenzo-
  24. Englishbenz-
  25. Proto-Indo-European*swel-der.?
  26. Ancient Greekῡ̔́λη (hū́lē)
  27. Englishbenzyl
  28. Englishbromobenzyl
  29. Proto-Indo-European*h₂eydʰ-
  30. Proto-Hellenic*áitʰō
  31. Ancient Greekαἴθω (aíthō)
  32. Ancient Greekᾱ̓ήρ (āḗr)influ.?
  33. Ancient Greekαἰθήρ (aithḗr)
  34. Latinaethēr
  35. GermanÄther
  36. GermanEther
  37. Ancient Greekῡ̔́λη (hū́lē)
  38. GermanEthy
  39. Englishethyl
  40. Englishbretylium

From br(omobenzyl) + ethyl + -ium (“quaternary ammonium compound”).

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APA

bretylium. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bretylium

MLA

“bretylium.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bretylium. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “bretylium,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bretylium.

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