n. An ACE inhibitor drug, C21H31N3O5, used in its hydrated form to treat hypertension and congestive heart failure. [Alteration of LYSINE + -pril, ACE inhibitor suffix (perhaps alteration of pr(opano)yl, constituent of early members of this class of drugs).] |
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