: a drug C5H4N4O used to promote excretion of uric acid
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the WebWhat now holds his symptoms at bay is a daily dose of allopurinol, a drug developed in 1963 by the American biochemists Gertrude Elion and George Hitchings (who went on to win the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine). Ligaya Mishan, New York Times, 13 Nov. 2020
Word History
Etymology
allo- + purine + -ol entry 1
First Known Use
1964, in the meaning defined above
Medical Definition
allopurinol
noun
al·lo·pu·ri·nol ˌal-ō-ˈpyu̇r-ə-ˌnȯl -ˌnōl
: a drug C3H4N4O used to promote excretion of uric acid especially in the treatment of gout