piperoxan
/pɪpəˈrɒksan/(also piperoxane) Pharmacology
noun
A synthetic crystalline compound which acts as an alpha blocker and has been used as an antihypertensive and in the diagnosis and treatment of phaeochromocytoma; 2-piperidinomethyl-1,4-benzodioxan, C14H19NO2.
Origin
1950s. From piper- + -oxan.