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Meaning of "ACE inhibitor" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD ACE INHIBITOR

From a( ngiotensin-) c( onverting) e( nzyme) inhibitor.
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PRONUNCIATION OF ACE INHIBITOR

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF ACE INHIBITOR

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Ace inhibitor is a noun.
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WHAT DOES ACE INHIBITOR MEAN IN ENGLISH?

ACE inhibitor

An ACE inhibitor is a medication used primarily for the treatment of hypertension and congestive heart failure. This group of medications causes blood vessels to dilate, which results in lower blood pressure. ACE inhibitors are often paired with other medications when used to treat heart disease. ACE inhibitors inhibit the angiotensin-converting enzyme, thereby decreasing the tension of blood vessels and the blood volume, thus lowering blood pressure. Frequently prescribed ACE inhibitors include perindopril, captopril, enalapril, lisinopril, and ramipril.

Definition of ACE inhibitor in the English dictionary

The definition of ACE inhibitor in the dictionary is any one of a class of drugs, including captopril, enalapril, and ramipril, that cause the arteries to widen by preventing the synthesis of angiotensin: used to treat high blood pressure and heart failure.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE ACE INHIBITOR

Accutron
ace
Ace Bandage
acedia
Aceh
Aceldama

WORDS THAT END LIKE ACE INHIBITOR

aromatase inhibitor
auditor
capacitor
cohabitor
competitor
compositor
debitor
editor
exhibitor
inhabitor
inhibitor
monitor
monoamine oxidase inhibitor
prohibitor
protease inhibitor
proton-pump inhibitor
solicitor
traitor
vasoinhibitor
visitor

Synonyms and antonyms of ACE inhibitor in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «ACE inhibitor» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF ACE INHIBITOR

Find out the translation of ACE inhibitor to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of ACE inhibitor from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «ACE inhibitor» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

血管紧张素转换酶抑制剂
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

inhibidor de la ECA
570 millions of speakers

English

ACE inhibitor
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

ऐस अवरोध करनेवाला
380 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Arabic

ACE المانع
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

ингибитор АПФ
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

inibidor da ECA
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

এসিআই ইনহিবিটর
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

inhibiteur de l´ECA
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Perencat ACE
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

ACE-Hemmer
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

ACE阻害剤
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

ACE 억제제
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

ACE inhibitor
85 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Vietnamese

chất ức chế ACE
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

ACE தடுப்பானாக
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

ACE इनहिबिटर
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

ACE inhibitörü
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

ACE-inibitore
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

inhibitorem ACE
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

інгібітор АПФ
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

inhibitor ACE
30 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Greek

αναστολέα του ΜΕΑ
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

ACE -inhibeerder
14 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Swedish

ACE-hämmare
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

ACE inhibitor
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of ACE inhibitor

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «ACE INHIBITOR»

The term «ACE inhibitor» is normally little used and occupies the 109.660 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «ACE INHIBITOR» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about ACE inhibitor

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «ACE INHIBITOR»

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Pharmacotherapeutics for Advanced Practice: A Practical Approach
When pregnancy is detected, the ACE inhibitor should be discontinued immediately. Adverse Events The most common adverse reactions of ACE inhibitors are dizziness, headache, fatigue, diarrhea, cough, and hypotension. Angioedema of ...
Virginia Poole Arcangelo, Andrew M. Peterson, 2006
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Getting a Good Night's Sleep
The ACE-inhibitor's effect is beneficial for patients whose heart has been damaged, thus weakened, by a heart attack. With an ACE-inhibitor, resistance to heart pumping is reduced, and blood flow and oxygenation of the tissues are improved.
Nancy Foldvary-Schaefer, 2006
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Hypertension Primer: The Essentials of High Blood Pressure
There is no evidence to support switching from an ACE inhibitor to an ARB if the former has failed. High-risk cardiac patients. In HOPE, low-dose ramipril (2.5 mg/ day) was ineffective at preventing cardiovascular events; in general, higher ...
Joseph L. Izzo, Henry Richard Black, Council for High Blood Pressure Research (American Heart Association), 2003
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Meyler's Side Effects of Cardiovascular Drugs
According to the authors, high transcriptional activity of the bradykinin B2 receptor promoter may be related to the risk of ACE inhibitor-related cough. This is the first demonstration that a genetic variant is involved in ACE inhibitor-related cough ...
Jeffrey K. Aronson, 2009
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Hypertension: A Companion to Braunwald's Heart Disease
Hypoperfusion ACE Inhibitor Treated Conditions Causing Hypoperfusion Hypotension Renal arterial disease Dehydration Congestive heart failure Afferent arteriole (decreased flow) Efferent arteriole (constricted) Afferent arteriole ( decreased ...
William J. Elliott (M.D.), 2007
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Cardiovascular Therapeutics: A Companion to Braunwald's ...
However, adding a thiazide, even in small doses, to ACE inhibitor therapy enhances the antihypertensive efficacy of the ACE inhibitor, because diuretic- induced sodium depletion activates the reninangiotensin-aldosterone system and makes ...
Elliott M. Antman, 2012
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Geriatric Emergency Medicine
This is now thought to be nearly 80% [89]. Generally ACE inhibitor angioedema is a self-limited, non-pitting swelling of the head, neck, lips, mouth, tongue, larynx, pharynx, and subglottal areas [90,91]. In contrast to allergic angioedema, there ...
Joseph H. Kahn, Brendan G. Magauran, Jr, Jonathan S. Olshaker, 2014
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Renin Angiotensin System and Cardiovascular Disease
As in ELITE 2, the best outcomes were achieved with the older more established ACE inhibitor regimen. Fortunately, this concept of ACE inhibitor versus ARB was further tested in the VALIANT trial evaluating a different ARB (valsartan, target ...
Walmor C. DeMello, Edward D. Frohlich, 2009
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Joslin's Diabetes Mellitus: Edited by C. Ronald Kahn ... [et ...
preservation of renal function than did those receiving an anti- hypertensive regimen that excluded an ACE inhibitor, although, as in several other clinical trials, the mean systemic blood pressure was lower in the enalapril group (110). Another ...
Elliott Proctor Joslin, C. Ronald Kahn, 2005
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Cardiac Intensive Care
The angioedema caused by ACE inhibitor and ARB therapy is thought to be related to the kinin pathway rather than mast-cell degranulation. Urticaria and pruritus are usually not present in angioedema caused by the kinin pathway.
Allen Jeremias, David Lloyd Brown, 2010

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «ACE INHIBITOR»

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Company Shares of SciClone Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Rally 18.16%
SciClones marketed portfolio also includes Depakine, the prescribed broad-spectrum anti-convulsant in China; Tritace, an ACE inhibitor for the ... «Insider Trading Report, Jul 15»
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Analyst Price Target Update on Dyax Corp.
... conditions identified as plasma kallikrein (bradykinin) mediated angioedema, including hereditary angioedema (HAE), ACE inhibitor-induced ... «Money Flow Index, Jul 15»
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Analyst Price Target Update on SciClone Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
SciClones marketed portfolio also includes Depakine, the prescribed broad-spectrum anti-convulsant in China; Tritace, an ACE inhibitor for the treatment of ... «OTC Outlook, Jul 15»
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Sciclone Pharmaceuticals Inc (SCLN) Files Form 4 Insider Selling …
SciClone's marketed portfolio also includes Depakine, the prescribed broad-spectrum anti-convulsant in China; Tritace, an ACE inhibitor for the ... «Insider Trading Report, Jun 15»
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Company Shares of Dyax Corp. Drops by -2.47%
... conditions identified as plasma kallikrein (bradykinin) mediated angioedema, including hereditary angioedema (HAE), ACE inhibitor-induced ... «American Trade Journal, Jun 15»
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Younger, older HF patients require different disease management
Additionally, the younger group was less likely to receive IV diuretics, statin and beta blockers, but more likely to receive ace inhibitor and ... «Healio, Jun 15»
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Specialist care benefitted medically complex type 2 diabetes
... endocrinologist care group being more likely to receive a statin (P < .001), an ACE inhibitor or angiotensin receptor blocker (P <.001) and two ... «Healio, Jun 15»
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Dyax Corp. Short Interest Update
... conditions identified as plasma kallikrein (bradykinin) mediated angioedema, including hereditary angioedema (HAE), ACE inhibitor-induced ... «American Trade Journal, Jun 15»
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Sciclone Pharmaceuticals Inc (SCLN) Discloses SEC Form 4 Insider …
SciClone's marketed portfolio also includes Depakine, the prescribed broad-spectrum anti-convulsant in China; Tritace, an ACE inhibitor for the ... «Money Flow Index, Jun 15»
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Zacks Short Term Rating on SciClone Pharmaceuticals, Inc …
SciClones marketed portfolio also includes Depakine, the prescribed broad-spectrum anti-convulsant in China; Tritace, an ACE inhibitor for the ... «American Trade Journal, Jun 15»

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