Where does “losartan” come from?
losartan (English) comes from English -sartan, from English sartan, from English angiotensin, from English hypertension, from English tension, from Middle French tension, from Latin tensiō, from Latin -tiō — small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble.
losartan (English): An antihypertensive drug that is taken orally in the form of its potassium salt C22H22ClKN6O and blocks the action of the physiologically active form of angiotensin
Definitions
- An antihypertensive drug that is taken orally in the form of its potassium salt C22H22ClKN6O and blocks the action of the physiologically active form of angiotensin
Ancestry of “losartan”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | -sartan | Used to form names of nonpeptidic |
| 2 | English | sartan | Any of a group of angiotensin receptor antagonists that are used in the treatment of hypertension |
| 3 | English | angiotensin | Any of several polypeptides that narrow blood... |
| 4 | English | hypertension | The disease or disorder of abnormally high blood... |
| 5 | English | tension | The condition of being held in a state between... |
| 6 | Middle French | tension | — |
| 7 | Latin | tensiō | stretching, stretching out, extension |
| 8 | Latin | -tiō | tion, -ation, -ing |
| 9 | Latin | dissertātiō | (spoken) dissertation, discourse, disquisition |
| 10 | Latin | dissertus | arranged, disposed; explained |
| 11 | Latin | disserere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 12 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |
| 13 | Latin | calceus | shoe |
| 14 | Latin | calx | limestone; chalk; the finish line |
| 15 | Ancient Greek | χάλιξ | small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble |