fluconazole

English

Chemical structure of fluconazole

Etymology

From flu(oro)- +‎ -conazole (“miconazole derivative”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /flʊˈkɒn.ə.zəʊl/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /fluˈkɑn.əˌzoʊl/

Noun

fluconazole (uncountable)

1. (pharmacology) An antifungal agent C₁₃H₁₂F₂N₆O used orally to treat cryptococcal meningitis and local or systemic candida infections.

Translations

antifungal agent

• Armenian: ֆլուկոնազոլ (flukonazol)
• Bashkir: флуконазол (flukonazol)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 氟康唑 (fúkāngzuò)

• French: fluconazole m
• Italian: fluconazolo m
• Japanese: フルコナゾール (furukonazōru)
• Kazakh: флуконазол (flukonazol)
• Korean: 플루코나졸 (peullukonajol)
• Kyrgyz: флуконазол (flukonazol)
• Persian: فلوکونازول

References

• “fluconazole”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
• “fluconazole”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.