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PRONUNCIATION OF TACRINE

tacrine  [ˈtækriːn] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF TACRINE

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determiner
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Tacrine is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES TACRINE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Tacrine

Tacrine is a centrally acting anticholinesterase and indirect cholinergic agonist. It was the first centrally-acting cholinesterase inhibitor approved for the treatment of Alzheimer's disease, and was marketed under the trade name Cognex. Tacrine was first synthesised by Adrien Albert at the University of Sydney. It also acts as a histamine N-methyltransferase inhibitor.

Definition of tacrine in the English dictionary

The definition of tacrine in the dictionary is a drug prescribed to patients of Alzheimer's disease.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH TACRINE


evergreen
ˈɛvəˌɡriːn
flatscreen
ˈflætˌskriːn
flyscreen
ˈflaɪˌskriːn
green
ɡriːn
Greene
ɡriːn
Hippocrene
ˈhɪpəʊˌkriːn
marine
məˈriːn
multiscreen
ˈmʌltɪˌskriːn
off-screen
ˌɒfˈskriːn
on-screen
ˌɒnˈskriːn
paracrine
ˈpærəˌkriːn
prescreen
priːˈskriːn
quinacrine
ˈkwɪnəˌkriːn
screen
skriːn
silkscreen
ˈsɪlkskriːn
skreen
skriːn
sunscreen
ˈsʌnˌskriːn
telescreen
ˈtɛlɪˌskriːn
widescreen
ˈwaɪdˌskriːn
windscreen
ˈwɪndˌskriːn

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE TACRINE

tackless
tacksman
tacksmen
tacky
tacmahack
Tacna-Arica
tacnode
taco
Tacoma
taconite
tact
tactful
tactfully
tactfulness
tactic
tactical
tactical voting
tactically
tactician
tacticity

WORDS THAT END LIKE TACRINE

apocrine
autocrine
cancrine
Catherine
crine
doctrine
eccrine
ectocrine
endocrine
exocrine
holocrine
Katherine
mepacrine
merocrine
neuroendocrine
scrine
shrine
submarine
urine
volucrine

Synonyms and antonyms of tacrine in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «tacrine» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF TACRINE

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

Translator English - Chinese

他克林
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

tacrina
570 millions of speakers

English

tacrine
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

tacrine
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

tacrine
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

такрин
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

tacrine
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

tacrine
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

tacrine
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Tacrine
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Tacrin
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

タクリン
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

타 크린
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Tacrine
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

tacrine
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

tacrine
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

टास्क्रीन
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

takrin
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

tacrina
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

takrynę
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

такрин
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

tacrină
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

tacrine
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

tacrine
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

takrin
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

tacrine
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of tacrine

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «TACRINE»

The term «tacrine» is regularly used and occupies the 102.083 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «TACRINE» OVER TIME

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

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «TACRINE»

Discover the use of tacrine in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to tacrine and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Design and Analysis of Clinical Trials: Concepts and ...
Table 5.5.3 Forced Dose-Escalation Design for 12-Week Trial of Tacrine in Alzheimer's Disease Randomized Double-Blind Double-Blind Sequences Phase I Weeks 1 to 6 Phase II Weeks 7 to 12 1 Placebo Placebo 2 Placebo Tacrine 20 mg/d ...
Shein-Chung Chow, Jen-Pei Liu, 2013
2
Lexicon of Psychiatry, Neurology, and the Neurosciences
tacrine + cimetidine tacrine/long-term follow-up with a modulating effect of apparent volume of distribution. The authors of the study suggested that use of tacrine for treatment of Alzheimer s disease will be confounded by high interindividual ...
Frank J. Ayd, 2000
3
Psychiatric Side Effects of Prescription and ...
Patients with preexisting parkinsonism are likely at increased risk of worsening of their disease when taking tacrine. Untreated tacrine-related encephalopathy has been associated with lasting neuropsychiatric deficit (Trzepacz et al. 1996).
Thomas Markham Brown, Alan Stoudemire, 1998
4
Worst Pills, Best Pills: A Consumer's Guide to Preventing ...
ARICEPT (Pfizer) Tacrine (ta crin) COGNEX (Parke-Davis) FAMILY: Cholinesterase Inhibitors Tacrine was the first drug approved by the FDA exclusively for Alzheimer's disease, and donepezil the second. The action of both drugs is to inhibit ...
Sid M. Wolfe, 2009
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The Practice of Medicinal Chemistry
The determination of the crystal structures of bis(5)tacrine and bis(7)-tacrine ( Figure 18.38) gave the structural basis for the observation that bis(7)-tacrine is an optimal inhibitor (Torpedo californica IC50 1.5 nM).99 It forms favorable sandwich  ...
Camille Georges Wermuth, 2011
6
CRC Desk Reference of Clinical Pharmacology
TACRINE HYDROCHLORIDE (Cognex) Tacrine (initially 10 mg p.o. q.i.d.) is indicated in the treatment of mild to moderate dementia of the Alzheimer's type. While many neuronal systems are affected in Alzheimer's disease. the decline in  ...
Manuchair Ebadi, 1997
7
Worst Pills, Best Pills: A Consumer's Guide to Avoiding ...
Donepezil (doe nepezil) ARICEPT (Pfizer) Tacrine (tacrin) COGNEX (Parke- Davis) FAMILY: Cholinesterase Inhibitors Tacrine was the first drug approved by the FDA exclusively for Alzheimer's disease, and donepezil the second. The action of ...
‎2005
8
Clinical Trial Methodology
Following the screening phase, patients who met entry criteria were randomized in double-blind fashion to three possible sequences of treatment with tacrine during the titration phase. Sequence I patients received 0 mg tacrine (placebo) daily ...
Karl E. Peace, Ding-Geng (Din) Chen, 2010
9
Alzheimer's Disease: A Century of Scientific and Clinical ...
Of the ninety plus derivatives of monoamine acridine synthesized, Dr. Albert was most intrigued by tacrine [1]. Tacrine is a planar three-ring acridine with minimal substitution of an amino group in the five posi- tion (Fig. 1). Chemically tacrine ...
G. Perry, J. Avila, J. Kinoshita, 2006
10
Meyler's Side Effects of Psychiatric Drugs
Simon T, Becquemont L, Mary-Krause M, de Waziers I, Beaune P, Funck- Brentano C, Jaillon P. Combined glutathione-S-transferase M1 and T1 genetic polymorphism and tacrine hepatotoxicity. Clin Pharmacol Ther 2000;67(4):432–7 . 22.
J. K. Aronson, 2009

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «TACRINE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term tacrine is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Solanezumab Analysis Positive, But Clinical Benefits Unclear
Some studies of the acetylcholinesterase inhibitors donepezil (Aricept) and tacrine (Cognex) had used the design, which was developed by Paul Leber of FDA ... «MedPage Today, Jul 15»
2
Brief test can spot early stages of Alzheimer's
Those drugs are donepezil (Aricept), galantamine (Razadyne), memantine (Namenda), rivastigmine (Exelon) and tacrine (Cognex). So the search is on for tests ... «NWAOnline, Jul 15»
3
UNTHSC and CTT Researchers Test Novel Alzheimer's Drug
Donepezil, galantamine, memantine, rivastigmine and tacrine are the only drugs with an FDA approval so far. According to a press release, investigations ... «BioNews Texas, Apr 15»
4
Southern Illinois University researcher discusses Alzheimer's
... Seelbach said a variety of medications have been approved to slow the devastation, including donepezil, galantamine and tacrine. Seelbach noted, however ... «Effingham Daily News, Apr 15»
5
Acetylcholinesterase Inhibitors in Advanced AD: Stop or Go?
Tacrine, the first drug in this class approved for the treatment of AD, was discontinued in the United States in May 2012. Donepezil 10 mg daily has been shown ... «Medscape, Feb 15»
6
Thuốc Donepezil và Tacrine có chữa được chứng sa sút trí tuệ
em có thể cho ông dùng thuốc Donepezil và Tacrine được không ạ. Ông em vừa “chớm” bị, liệu 2 loại thuốc này có chữa khỏi được bệnh không ạ. Xin cảm ơn ... «Alobacsi.vn, Jan 15»
7
Douglas Institute researcher among new members of the Order of …
Indeed, Dr. Gauthier is credited with setting up the first multicentre Canadian study of tacrine as a treatment for Alzheimer's disease. He also founded the ... «Canada NewsWire, Jan 15»
8
Prominent McGillians named to Order of Canada
Gauthier is credited with setting up the first multicentre Canadian study of tacrine as a treatment for Alzheimer's disease. Robert Mellin, an associate professor in ... «McGill Reporter, Dec 14»
9
New Developments in Alzheimer's Disease Treatment
Donepezil, galantamine, rivastigmine, and tacrine are all cholinesterase inhibitors. They work by slowing down acetylcholinesterase, an enzyme that breaks ... «Pharmacy Times, Dec 14»
10
Existe-t-il un traitement contre la maladie d'Alzheimer ?
Dans les années 90, la tacrine avait été mise sur le marché et bien que porteuse de résultats satisfaisants, elle avait dû être retirée car jugée toxique pour le foie ... «Allo-Médecins.fr, Dec 14»

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