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💉 A heart drug 🧬 A cell molecule
adenosine

adenosine

3 7.0
A medicine given into a vein to quickly stop certain very fast heartbeats by briefly slowing the heart
  • noun
  • /ˌædəˈnoʊsiːn/
  • Specialized
translation icon : adenosina
  • In cases of tachycardia, doctors often prescribe adenosine to slow down the heart's electrical conduction.

Examples

  • If you go to medical school, you'll use adenosine to to figure out people's heart rhythms.

  • Other medications such as adenosine, nicorandil, verapamil, and nitroprusside were also used.

    Academic text (2007)

  • These drugs include adrenergic agonists (dobutamine), adenosine, digoxin, and anticholinergics.

    Academic text (2016)

  • The doctor administered adenosine to quickly restore the patient's normal heart rhythm.

  • During the emergency procedure, the nurse injected adenosine to help manage the fast heart rate.

Synonyms

antiarrhythmic
vsadenosine
  • Specialized
1 7.2

A medicine that treats or prevents irregular heartbeats

is given IV to rapidly halt specific fast rhythms by slowing AV signals
antiarrhythmic medication
vsadenosine
  • Specialized
5.3

A medicine that prevents or corrects an abnormal heart rhythm

is a rapid IV drug that briefly slows AV node to stop certain fast rhythms
antiarrhythmic drug
vsadenosine
  • Specialized
4.7

A medicine that prevents or treats abnormal heart rhythms

is applied intravenously for quick interruption by slowing AV conduction

Compounds

adenosine triphosphate
  • Specialized
1 4.8

A small molecule in cells that stores energy for cells to use

adenosine deaminase
  • Specialized
8.4

A protein in animals that changes the chemical adenosine into inosine

adenosine diphosphate
  • Specialized
6.3

A small molecule with two phosphate groups that cells use to store and release energy

adenosine monophosphate
  • Specialized
6.6

A small molecule in cells that helps store and transfer energy

Surface Forms

adenosine singular
adenosines plural

Morphology

adenosine = adenine (opaque) = adenine + osine

The drug name denotes the same nucleoside derived from 'adenine' plus the nucleoside suffix; this is specialized terminology not transparently interpretable by non-specialists.

Etymology

The drug adenosine is the same small chemical the body makes, and its name comes from aden- 'gland' together with adenine; because this chemical can quickly change cell signals, doctors give adenosine to briefly slow the heart and stop certain very fast rhythms.