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maleate

maleate

1 9.7
A salt or chemical form of maleic acid used in medicines and chemistry
  • noun
  • /ˈmeɪliˌeɪt/
  • Specialized
translation icon : maleato
  • The doctor prescribed chlorpheniramine maleate to help alleviate the patient's allergy symptoms.

Examples

  • She took a dose of rosiglitazone maleate as part of her diabetes treatment plan.

  • Avandia (rosiglitazone maleate) is a prescription medication used to lower blood sugar levels in people with type 2 diabetes.

    Blog text (31)

  • Inj. Ranitidine 50 mg, Inj. Dexamethasone 8 mg, and Inj. Chlorpheniramine maleate were injected.

    Academic text (2007)

  • Timolol maleate is often used in the treatment of glaucoma to reduce eye pressure.

Compounds

brompheniramine maleate
  • Specialized
6.6

A medicine that reduces allergy symptoms like sneezing and a runny nose

chlorpheniramine maleate
  • Specialized
5.6

A medicine that reduces allergy and cold symptoms like sneezing and runny nose

Ergotrate Maleate
  • Specialized
9.9

A medicine that makes the womb tighten after childbirth or abortion to reduce bleeding

Surface Forms

maleate singular
maleates plural

Morphology

maleate = maleic (opaque) = maleic + ate

The step from the chemical adjective 'maleic' to 'maleate' is a regular and predictable formation using the productive chemical suffix '-ate' to denote salts/esters.

Etymology

Maleate comes from the acid name maleic plus the chemical ending -ate, which means 'salt or ester' and shows up in familiar words like sulfate and acetate. So a maleate is the salt or ester of maleic acid, which is why you find it in drug forms and laboratory chemicals.