tacrine

English

Structure of tacrine

Etymology

From t(etrahydro) +‎ acr(id)ine.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtæ.kɹiːn/

Noun

tacrine (uncountable)

1. (pharmacology) A synthetic drug used in Alzheimer's disease to inhibit the breakdown of acetylcholine by cholinesterase and thereby enhance neurological function.
   • 2007 February 8, Jeremy Pearce, “Leon J. Thal, Neurologist Who Led Study for Alzheimer’s Drugs, Dies at 62”, in New York Times‎^[1]:

     In the 1980s, Dr. Thal, a neurologist, helped lead successful clinical trials of tacrine, a cholinesterase inhibitor drug that was approved by the Food and Drug Administration in 1993.

References

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

Anagrams

• Certain, Cretian, ant rice, anticer, cantier, ceratin, certain, citrean, creatin, crinate, nacrite, tercian