montelukast
Meaning
Noun
- A leukotriene antagonist (trademark Singulair) used orally in the form of its sodium salt C35H35ClNNaO3S to treat asthma or to relieve the symptoms of seasonal allergic rhinitis.
Origin
- From Montreal + -lukast, named after the city of Montreal, where the drug was developed by Merck in 1991.
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