Meanings
nounfomepizole (uncountable)
- uncountablechemistryThe heterocycle 4-methylpyrazole, used as an antidote to poisoning by methanol or ethylene glycol.
There are two antidotes for methanol poisoning: one is ethanol, which is readily available, while the other is fomepizole.
2024 November 22, Adeshola Ore, Kate Lamb, “Six people are dead after a suspected mass methanol poisoning at a backpacker party town. What went wrong in Laos?”, in The Guardian, →ISSN
Translations
Chinese Mandarin 甲吡唑
- 甲吡唑 (jiǎbǐzuò)4-methylpyrazole
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