amantadine
aman·ta·dine
noun \ə-ˈman-tə-ˌdēn\Definition of AMANTADINE
: a drug used especially as the hydrochloride C10H17N·HCl to prevent infection (as by an influenza virus) by interfering with virus penetration into host cells
Origin of AMANTADINE
International Scientific Vocabulary amantad- (alteration of adamantane, C10H16) + amine
First Known Use: 1964
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