1) Diuretic 2) Diuretic drug 3) Osmitrol 4) Sugar substitute 5) Water pill
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1) Osmitrol
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• (n.) The technical name of mannite. See Mannite.
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(from the article `manna`) The flowering ash, or manna ash (Fraxinus ornus), is the source of a sugar-alcohol, mannitol, which has been used medicinally. The substance is ... Certain drugs act without engaging in any direct interaction with the components of the cell. An example is mannitol, an inert polysaccharide that ... [2 relate...
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A drug used to decrease swelling of the brain and to treat kidney failure. Mannitol can also be used to open the blood-brain barrier, which allows anticancer medicines to enter the brain and treat brain tumors.
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A natural sugar substitute derived from the manna plant and seaweed
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A medication given to reduce brain swelling and elevated intracranial pressure. Also used to temporarily disrupt the blood-brain barrier prior to some forms of chemotherapy. ... (16 Dec 1997) ...
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(man´ĭ-tol) a sugar alcohol widely distributed in plants and fungi; it is an osmotic diuretic administered to prevent and treat acute renal failure, to reduce cerebral edema or elevated intraocular or cerebrospinal fluid pressure, and to reduce renal damage due to toxic substances; also used as an irrigating soluti...
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(= D-mannitol) Hexitol related to D-mannose. Found in plants, particularly fungi and seaweeds.
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Man'ni·tol noun [
Mannite +
-ol .]
(Chemistry) The technical name of mannite. See
Mannite .
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a natural sugar that acts as a diuretic, used in cases of drug overdoses and cerebral swelling
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[
n] - a diuretic (trade name Osmitrol) used to promote the excretion of urine
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Osmitrol noun a diuretic (trade name Osmitrol) used to promote the excretion of urine
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