Priscolinen.
/ˈprɪskəliːn/, U.S. /ˈprɪskəˌlin/, /ˈprɪskəl(ə)n/ Pharmacology.
The drug tolazoline. Cf. Priscol n.A proprietary name in the United States.
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Neo-Synephrine1934
Priscol1938
phenylephrine1947
hexamethonium1949
Priscoline1949
methonium1950
hydralazine1952
phentolamine1953
methyldopa1954
pentolinium1954
mecamylamine1955
hydrochlorothiazide1958
pempidine1958
guanethidine1959
hydroflumethiazide1959
thiazide1959
pheniprazine1960
pargyline1961
vasodepressor1961
alpha blocker1965
clonidine1969
prazosin1970
timolol1973
1949 Jrnl. Amer. Med. Assoc. 21 May 272/2 Since this paper was written, the name priscol has been changed to priscoline.
1966 W. F. Barker Peripheral Arterial Dis. vi. 85 Priscoline is perhaps one of the most widely used drugs in peripheral vascular occlusions.
1973 Lancet 5 May 999/2 It may be possible to test this in the pulmonary hypertensive calf at altitude..by infusing acetylcholine or tolazoline (priscoline) into a localised segment of the pulmonary vascular tree.
2002 Washington Post (Nexis) 19 Mar. a10 Robert Ward, a professor of pediatrics at the University of Utah and spokesman for the American Academy of Pediatrics, said that when he began practicing medicine, pediatricians made a guess about giving the hypertension drug Priscoline to infants.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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