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

  • noun An antifungal drug, C21H25N5, used in the form of its hydrochloride to treat onychomycosis.

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  • noun A highly lipophilic synthetic allylamine antifungal drug.

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  • noun an oral antifungal drug (trade name Lamisil) used to treat cases of fungal nail disease

Etymologies

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

[ter(tiary) b(utyl), the organic group (CH3)3C + -in- (alteration of –yne) + alteration of (n)aph(thal)ene.]

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