desethylamiodarone

noun

A metabolite related to amiodarone by removal of one or more ethyl groups

OriginEnglish amiodarone ← German Keton ← French coumarine →
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Meanings

noundesethylamiodarone (uncountable)
  1. uncountableA metabolite related to amiodarone by removal of one or more ethyl groups

    Amiodarone and its principal lipophilic metabolite, desethylamiodarone, are highly concentrated in the liver in a manner that appears to be related more closely to the total dose rather than to plasma concentrations.

    2015 July 26, Liane Rabinowich, Oren Shibolet, “Drug Induced Steatohepatitis: An Uncommon Culprit of a Common Disease”, in BioMed Research International, volume 2015, →DOI

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*dwóh₁
  2. Proto-Indo-European*trísinflu.
  3. Proto-Indo-European*d(w)is-
  4. Proto-Italic*dis-
  5. Latindis-
  6. Old Frenchdes-
  7. Latindis-
  8. Middle Englishdes-
  9. Englishdes-
  10. Proto-Indo-European*h₂eydʰ-
  11. Proto-Hellenic*áitʰō
  12. Ancient Greekαἴθω (aíthō)
  13. Ancient Greekᾱ̓ήρ (āḗr)influ.?
  14. Ancient Greekαἰθήρ (aithḗr)
  15. Latinaethēr
  16. GermanÄther
  17. GermanEther
  18. Proto-Indo-European*swel-der.?
  19. Ancient Greekῡ̔́λη (hū́lē)
  20. GermanEthy
  21. Englishethyl
  22. Englishdesethyl
  23. Egyptianjmn
  24. Ancient GreekᾸ̓́μμων (Ắmmōn)
  25. LatinAmmōn
  26. Latinammoniacus
  27. Englishammonia
  28. Englishamine
  29. Englishami(no)-
  30. Proto-Hellenic*wion
  31. Ancient Greekἴον (íon)
  32. Proto-Indo-European*weyd-
  33. Proto-Indo-European*wéydos
  34. Proto-Hellenic*wéidos
  35. Ancient Greekεἶδος (eîdos)
  36. Ancient Greekἰοειδής (ioeidḗs)
  37. Englishiodo-
  38. Englishiod-
  39. Old Tupikumar
  40. Frenchcoumarou
  41. Frenchcoumarine
  42. GermanKeton
  43. Englishketone
  44. English(coum)arone
  45. Englishamiodarone
  46. Englishdesethylamiodarone

From desethyl + amiodarone.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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