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⚗️ A chemical salt 🧴 Containing furoic acid
furoate

furoate

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A chemical salt or ester made from furoic acid used in some medicines
  • noun
  • /ˈfjʊəroʊeɪt/
  • Specialized
: furoato
  • The doctor prescribed a medication containing furoate to treat the patient's allergy symptoms.

Examples

  • The patient gave a past history of FDE secondary to Tab Metronidazole and diloxanide furoate.

    Academic text (2007)

  • In a recent letter decision issued more than 5 years after the approval of VERAMYST, however, the FDA finally determined that fluticasone furoate is not an NCE and is not entitled to 5-year exclusivity.

    Blog text (13)

  • She researched the benefits of furoate as an ingredient in various pharmaceutical products.

  • The pharmacist explained that furoate could help reduce inflammation in patients who have skin conditions.

Surface Forms

furoate singular
furoates plural

Morphology

furoate = furoic (semi-transparent) = furo + ate

The noun sense names the salt/ester of furoic acid formed by regular addition of the suffix '-ate'; the root remains specialized technical vocabulary.

Etymology

Furoate comes from the chemical name furan and the suffix -ate, where -ate means 'salt or ester' in chemistry. So a furoate is a salt or ester made from furoic acid, which is why that name appears as an active ingredient in some medicines.