a derivative of isoniazid which was formerly used as an antidepressant and to treat tuberculosis. Formula: C9H13N3O
iproniazid in American English
(ˌaiprəˈnaiəzɪd)
noun
Pharmacology
a compound, C9H13N3O, used in the treatment of mental depression and tuberculosis
Word origin
[1950–55; i(so)pro(pyl) + ni(cotine) + az- + -id4]This word is first recorded in the period 1950–55. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: allograph, bleep, conflict of interest, drip-dry, point spread-id is a suffix occurring in descriptive adjectives borrowed from Latin, often correspondingto nouns ending in -or. Other words that use the affix -id include: fetid, humid, pallid