amantadine

From amantad- (“alteration of adamantane”) +‎ -ine.

• (General American) IPA^(key): /əˈmæn.təˌdin/

amantadine (plural amantadines)

1. (pharmacology) A drug used especially as the hydrochloride C₁₀H₁₇N·HCl to prevent infection (as by an influenzavirus) by interfering with virus penetration into host cells.

• -mantadine (“adamantane derivative”)

• “amantadine”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.

• adamantine, antamanide, diamantane