ni·car·di·pine 
(nī-kärdə-pēn′)
(nī-kärdə-pēn′)n.
A calcium channel blocker drug, C26H29N3O6, that acts as a coronary vasodilator and is used in its hydrochloride form to treat hypertension.
[NI(TRO)- + CAR(BOXYL) + di(hydro)p(yr)idine, class of drugs to which it belongs.]