propafenone

English

Chemical structure of propafenone

Etymology

From German Propafenon, from Propylamino +‎ Fen- (“alteration of Phenyl”) +‎ -on.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /pɹəʊˈpæf.ən.əʊn/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /pɹoʊˈpæf.əˌnoʊn/

Noun

propafenone (countable and uncountable, plural propafenones)

1. (pharmacology) A drug with antiarrhythmic and local anesthetic properties, used in the treatment of cardiac arrhythmia.

References

• “propafenone”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.