propafenone
/prəʊˈpafənəʊn/(also propafenon) Pharmacology
noun
A drug with anti-arrhythmic and local anaesthetic properties, used in the treatment of cardiac arrhythmia.
- Chemical name: 1-[2-[2-hydroxy-3-(propylamino)propoxy]phenyl]-3-phenyl-1-propanone; C21H27NO3..
Origin
1970s; earliest use found in Medizinische Klinik. From German Propafenon from prop- (in Propyl) + -a- (in Amino-) + fen-, respelling of phen- (in pheno-) + -on.