"aminocaproic acid" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /əˌmi.noʊ.kəˌpɹoʊ.ɪk ˈæs.ɪd/ [General-American]
Rhymes: -æsɪd Etymology: From amino- + caproic acid. Etymology templates: {{af|en|amino-|caproic acid}} amino- + caproic acid Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} aminocaproic acid (uncountable)
  1. (organic chemistry, pharmacology) A drug C₆H₁₃NO₂ that inhibits the breakdown of fibrin by blocking the activation of plasminogen and is used to control bleeding (as during surgery) especially in cases where blood clots are broken down too quickly. It is a chemical analog of lysine and is marketed under the trademark Amicar. Tags: uncountable Categories (topical): Carboxylic acids, Pharmaceutical drugs Coordinate_terms: aminocaproate (english: coordinate as a base versus an acid, but synonymous in the practical sense that the conjugate base and conjugate acid coexist in solution) Translations (drug for bleeding): àcid aminocaproic [masculine] (Catalan), aminokapronihappo (Finnish), ácido aminocaproico [masculine] (Portuguese)

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