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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   An asthma drug that blocks leukotriene synthesis by inhibiting 5-lipoxygenase, an enzyme of the eicosanoid synthesis pathway. uncountable

Etymology

Probably from (ben)z(oth)i(ophene) + leu(ko)t(riene) + -on.

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