mesilate

English

Chemical structure of mesilate

Alternative forms

• mesylate (US, UK)

Etymology

From mesyl +‎ -ate (“salt, ester”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈmiː.sʌɪ.leɪt/, /ˈmiː.sɪ.leɪt/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈmɛs.ɪˌleɪt/

Noun

mesilate (plural mesilates)

1. (pharmacology) A salt or ester of an acid CH₄O₃S used especially in pharmaceutical preparations.
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     When nafamostat mesilate (SK Chemicals Life Science Biz., Seoul, Korea licensed by Torii Pharmaceutical Co., LTD, Tokyo, Japan) was used for anticoagulation during the ECMO, the maintenance dose was held at 0.4–1.5 mg/kg/h to maintain a partial thromboplastin time of 60–80 s [ 12 ].

Synonyms

• methanesulfonate

References

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

Anagrams

• Elamites, Maliseet, Salemite, elimates, mealiest, metalise, seat-mile, seatmile

Estonian

Noun

mesilate

1. genitive plural of mesila