pentoxifylline (HyperDic hyper-dictionary)

English > 1 sense of the word *pentoxifylline*:
NOUN	artifact	pentoxifylline, Trental	a drug (trade name Trental) used to treat claudication

English > *pentoxifylline*: 1 sense > noun 1, artifact
Meaning	A drug (trade name Trental) used to treat claudication; believed to increase the flexibility of red blood cells so they can flow through the blood vessels to the legs and feet.
Synonym	Trental
Broader	drug	A substance that is used as a medicine or narcotic
Spanish	pentoxifilina, Trental
Catalan	pentoxifilina, pentoxifil·lina

HyperDic: pentoxifylline