methantheline
/mɪˈθanθəliːn/Pharmacology
noun
More fully methantheline bromide. An anticholinergic drug used to treat peptic ulcer, hyperhidrosis, and bladder spasm; N,N- diethyl-N-methyl-2-[(9H-xanthen-9-ylcarbonyl)oxy]ethanaminium bromide), C21H26BrNO3.
- International Nonproprietary Name (1996) and British Approved Name (1997): methanthelinium bromide..
Origin
1950s; earliest use found in Arthur Grollman (b. 1901). Apparently from meth- (in methyl: see note s.v. meth-) + -anthe- + -l- (in systematic name of compound, or perhaps simply epenthetic) + -ine.