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Xenical, n. Pharmacol.
Brit. |ˈzɛnəkal|, U.S. |ˈzɛnəˌkæl|, |ˈzinəˌkæl|
Forms: also with lower-case initial.
[Perhaps > comb. form) + -i- connective + cal- (in calorie n.).]
A proprietary name for: the anti-obesity drug orlistat.
1994Official Gaz. (U.S. Patent Office) 19 Apr. tm86/1 Hofmann–La Roche Inc... Filed 8-2-1993. Xenical. For pharmaceutical preparation for weight reduction and long-term management. 1994Arkansas Democrat-Gaz. 25 May 3 b/1, The drug, Xenical, partially blocks the absorption of dietary fat. 1998Daily Tel. 21 Sept. 7/6 Family doctors..warned that Xenical could cost more than {pstlg}700 million if most obese people in Britain—about 7·5 million—were prescribed it. 2001J. C. Grimwood Pashazade (2003) iv. 19 Zara gulped the last of her slimmers' biscuit—rolled oats, rolled wholewheat, glycerol, sorbitol and xenical. |