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clonidine
clon·i·dine [ klónni dn, klṓni dn ]


noun 
Definition:
 
drug for hypertension: a drug that relaxes and widens the arteries. Use: treatment of hypertension, migraine headaches, and heart failure.
[Late 20th century. <chloro- + -onidine, INN stem]
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