Definitions

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

  • noun An adrenergic blocking agent, C17H19N3O, used especially in the diagnosis and treatment of pheochromocytoma.

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  • noun pharmacology A drug, injected into the penis, to treat erectile dysfunction.

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  • noun a virility drug (trade name Vasomax) to treat erectile dysfunction in men

Etymologies

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

[phen(o)– + tol(uidine) + amine.]

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Examples

  • Conventional therapy for hypertensive crisis should be employed. 5 A rapid short-acting parenteral alpha-adrenergic blocker, such as phentolamine, or vasodilators, such as nitroprusside, are recommended.

    Monamine Oxidase Inhibitors 2010

  • The LORD GOD has given me seven steps to isolate the active ingredient, which is soft and metallic in nature and has a carbon- uranium-sulfur-classified-phentolamine configuration or structure.

    HIV/AIDS Awareness Day « 2009

  • He claims that the Lord God has given him to seven steps to isolate the active ingredient, which is soft and metallic in nature, and has carbon-uranium-sulfur - (classified) - phentolamine configuration or structure.

    A Jamaican could hold the key to stop suffering worldwide. 2008

  • The LORD GOD has given me seven steps to isolate the active ingredient, which is soft and metallic in nature and has a carbon- uranium-sulfur-classified-phentolamine configuration or structure.

    Your Silence Will Not Protect You Anxious Black Woman 2008

  • The LORD GOD has given me seven steps to isolate the active ingredient, which is soft and metallic in nature and has a carbon- uranium-sulfur-classified-phentolamine configuration or structure.

    Onkabetse HIV Awareness Campaign Megan 2008

  • The LORD GOD has given me seven steps to isolate the active ingredient, which is soft and metallic in nature and has a carbon- uranium-sulfur-classified-phentolamine configuration or structure.

    SECS: HIV 101 University of Arizona Women's Resource Center Blog 2008

  • Since the mid-1980s, thousands of men have found relief from the condition by injecting themselves with one of three drugs: papavarine, prostaglandin E1 and phentolamine.

    What Causes Impotence? 2008

  • The LORD GOD has given me seven steps to isolate the active ingredient, which is soft and metallic in nature and has a carbon- uranium-sulfur-classified-phentolamine configuration or structure.

    HIV Testing! University of Arizona Women's Resource Center Blog 2008

  • That said, there is growing evidence that the following available or forthcoming medications may promote return or ease of climax: phentolamine, apomorphine, prostaglandin E-1 cream, and bupropion Wellbutrin or Zyban.

    Great Sex for Moms M.D. Valerie Davis Raskin 2002

  • That said, there is growing evidence that the following available or forthcoming medications may promote return or ease of climax: phentolamine, apomorphine, prostaglandin E-1 cream, and bupropion Wellbutrin or Zyban.

    Great Sex for Moms M.D. Valerie Davis Raskin 2002

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