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furosemide

Term · Oncology and biomedicine · MLC-T-ONC-013788

A sulfamoylanthranilic acid derivative, also known as frusemide, and potent loop diuretic. Furosemide is widely used to treat hypertension and edema. This agent is highly bound to albumin and is largely excreted unchanged in the urine.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-ONC-013788
FieldOncology and biomedicine
AbbreviationFRS
ReferencesNational Cancer Institute Thesaurus (CC BY 4.0)
Record as JSON 
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  "id": "MLC-T-ONC-013788",
  "term": "furosemide",
  "field": "Oncology and biomedicine",
  "definition": "A sulfamoylanthranilic acid derivative, also known as frusemide, and potent loop diuretic. Furosemide is widely used to treat hypertension and edema. This agent is highly bound to albumin and is largely excreted unchanged in the urine.",
  "abbreviation": "FRS",
  "references": [
    "National Cancer Institute Thesaurus"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/oncology/furosemide/"
}

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