thiazide

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UK/ˈθʌɪ.əz.ʌɪd/US/ˈθaɪ.əˌzaɪd/

noun

Any of a class of sulfur-containing drugs that increase the excretion of sodium and chloride and are used as diuretics and to assist in lowering the blood pressure.

OriginEnglish dioxide ← Latin di- ← Ancient Greek δῐ- (dĭ-) →
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Meanings

nounthiazide (plural thiazides)

plural thiazides

  1. medicineAny of a class of sulfur-containing drugs that increase the excretion of sodium and chloride and are used as diuretics and to assist in lowering the blood pressure.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*dʰewh₂-der.?
  2. Ancient Greekθέειον (théeion)
  3. Ancient Greekθεῖον (theîon)
  4. Englishthio-
  5. Proto-Indo-European*né
  6. Proto-Indo-European*n̥-
  7. Proto-Hellenic*ə-
  8. Ancient Greekᾰ̓- (ă-)
  9. Proto-Indo-European*gʷeyh₃-
  10. Proto-Indo-European*gʷih₃wós
  11. Proto-Indo-European*gʷíh₃weti
  12. Proto-Hellenic*gʷyṓw-ō
  13. Proto-Hellenic*d͏̌ṓwō
  14. Ancient Greekζώω (zṓō)
  15. Ancient Greekζῶ (zô)
  16. Ancient Greekζωή (zōḗ)
  17. Frenchazote
  18. Englishaz(ote)
  19. Englishazine
  20. Proto-Indo-European*h₂eḱ-der.?
  21. Ancient Greekὀξύς (oxús)
  22. Proto-Indo-European*ǵenh₁-
  23. Proto-Indo-European*ǵénh₁os
  24. Proto-Hellenic*génos
  25. Ancient Greekγένος (génos)
  26. Frenchoxygène
  27. Proto-Indo-European*h₂eḱ-
  28. Proto-Indo-European*h₂eḱéh₁yeti
  29. Proto-Italic*akēō
  30. Latinaceō
  31. Proto-Indo-European*dʰeh₁-
  32. Latinacidu
  33. Frenchacide
  34. Frenchoxide
  35. Englishoxide
  36. Arabicلُبَان (lubān)
  37. Proto-Indo-European*yew-
  38. Proto-Indo-European*yéwos
  39. Proto-Indo-Iranian*yáwas
  40. Sanskritयव (yava)bor.?
  41. Proto-Austronesian*zawa
  42. Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*zawader.?
  43. Old Javanesejawa
  44. Old JavaneseJawi
  45. Javaneseꦗꦮꦶ (jawi)
  46. Arabicجَاوَة (jāwa)
  47. Arabicـِيّ (-iyy)
  48. Arabicجَاوِيّ (jāwiyy)
  49. Arabicلُبَان جَاوِيّ (lubān jāwiyy)
  50. Catalanbenjuí
  51. Middle Frenchbenjoin
  52. Englishbenzoin
  53. Englishbenzo-
  54. Englishthia-
  55. Proto-Indo-European*dwóh₁
  56. Proto-Indo-European*dwi-
  57. Proto-Hellenic*dwi-
  58. Ancient Greekδῐ- (dĭ-)
  59. Latindi-
  60. Englishdi-
  61. Englishazote
  62. Englishdiazine
  63. Englishthiadiazine
  64. Englishbenzothiadiazine
  65. Englishdi-
  66. Englishoxide
  67. Englishdioxide
  68. Englishthiazide

From thio- + azine + oxide, or blend of (benzo)thia(di)azine + dioxide.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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