Allopurinol Definition

ălō-pyo͝orə-nôl, -nōl, -nŏl
noun
A drug, C5 H4 N4 O, used to treat gout because it inhibits the synthesis of uric acid.
American Heritage
A white, powdery drug that is an isomer of hypoxanthine and inhibits the production of uric acid: used to treat gout.
Webster's New World
A drug, C5 H4 N4 O, that inhibits uric acid formation in the body and is used to treat conditions, especially gout, that cause elevated uric acid levels.
American Heritage Medicine

A drug used primarily to treat hyperuricemia and its complications.

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Noun

Singular:
allopurinol
Plural:
allopurinols

Origin of Allopurinol

  • allo- +‎ purine +‎ -ol

    From Wiktionary

  • allo– purin(e) –ol

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Allopurinol Sentence Examples

  • Kidney transplant patients in particular are prone to gout and are often prescribed allopurinol.

  • Moreover, that risk may also be partly avoidable, in that three-quarters of these cases were taking allopurinol for asymptomatic hyperuricaemia.

  • You will also have tablets to help regulate the chemical balance of your blood, for example a drug called allopurinol.

  • Allopurinol hypersensitivity syndrome occurred within two weeks of starting allopurinol hypersensitivity syndrome occurred within two weeks of starting allopurinol.

  • Long term high dose allopurinol was taken by 47 patients, long term low dose by 48 and recent low dose by 72.

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