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| Domain | Definition |
Health | A glutamate antagonist that has reported anticonvulsant activity. It has been shown to prolong the survival of patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis and has been approved in the United States to treat patients with ALS. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Crosswords: RILUZOLE |
| Non-English Usage: "RILUZOLE" is also a word in the following language with the English translation in parentheses. Portuguese (riluzole). |
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | Riluzole is believed to reduce damage to motor neurons by decreasing the release of glutamate. (references) | |
Clinical trials with ALS patients showed that riluzole prolongs survival by several months, mainly in those with difficulty swallowing. (references) | ||
Riluzole does not reverse the damage already done to motor neurons, and patients taking the drug must be monitored for liver damage and other possible side effects. (references) | ||
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
riluzole | 19 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "RILUZOLE"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | riluzol. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | riluzool. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | rilutsoli. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
French | riluzole. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Riluzol. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | riluzolo. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | iluzoleray riluzole. (various references) riluzol. (various references) riluzol. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "e-i-l-l-o-r-u-z" | |
-1 letter: rouille, zorille. | |
-3 letters: iller, louie, oiler, oriel, ourie, ouzel, reoil, rille, zoril. | |
-4 letters: euro, lier, lieu, lire, lore, lour, lure, orle, riel, rile, rill, roil, role, roll, roue, rule, zero, zill, zori. | |
-5 letters: ell, ill, ire, lei, leu, lez, lie, oil, ole, ore, our, rei, roe, rue. | |
| Words containing the letters "e-i-l-l-o-r-u-z" | |
+4 letters: soliloquizer. | |
+5 letters: soliloquizers. | |
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| 1. Crosswords 2. Quotations: Non-fiction 3. Expressions: Internet 4. Translations: Modern | 5. Anagrams 6. Bibliography |
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