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Nifedipine(health)
nifedipine(dictionary)
nifedipine oxidase(medicine)

lafayette (iou) and nifedipine (iou)


lafayette (iou)



lafayette noun. US. M19.
[Marquis de Lafayette or La Fayette (1757-1834), French soldier and statesman who fought in the American War of Independence.]
A sciaenid fish of N. American Atlantic coasts and rivers, Leiostomus xanthurus, now more commonly called spot.

nifedipine (iou)



nifedipine noun. L20.
[from NI(TRO- + fe (alt. of PHE(NYL noun) + DI-2 + P(YRID)INE, elems. of the systematic name.]
Pharmacology. A calcium antagonist, C17H18N2O6, given as a coronary vasodilator in the treatment of cardiac and circulatory disorders.