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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun A drug, C24H29NO3, that inhibits acetylcholinesterase and is used in its hydrochloride form to treat mild to moderate dementia caused by Alzheimer's disease.

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  • noun An acetylcholinesterase inhibitor used mainly in the palliative treatment of Alzheimer's disease.

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[Perhaps (in)done, a ketone (ind(ene) + –one) + (pi)pe(ridine) + alteration of (ben)zyl.]

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