diazoxide

D2I1A1Z10O1X8I1D2E1
US/ˌdaɪ.əˈzɑkˌsaɪd/

noun

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.

Similar
Hyperstat
OriginEnglish dioxide ← French oxide ← Latin acidu →
UncommonScrabble 27
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Meanings

noundiazoxide (uncountable)
  1. uncountablemedicineA 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.

Synonyms & antonyms

nounvasodilator (trade name Hyperstat) used to treat severe hypertension

Similar
Hyperstat
Broader
vasodilatorvasodilative
Also see
eudemine

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

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. 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. Englishdiazoxide

Blend of (benzothia)diazine + dioxide.

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APA

diazoxide. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/diazoxide

MLA

“diazoxide.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/diazoxide. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “diazoxide,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/diazoxide.

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