pentoxifylline

pentoxifylline
A dimethylxanthine derivative that decreases blood viscosity and improves blood flow; used in the treatment of intermittent claudication.

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pent·ox·i·fyl·line .pen-.täk-'sif-ə-.lēn n a methylxanthine derivative C13H18N4O3 that reduces blood viscosity, increases microcirculatory blood flow, and is used to treat intermittent claudication resulting from occlusive arterial disease see TRENTAL

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pen·tox·if·yl·line (pen″tok-sifґə-lin) a xanthine derivative that reduces blood viscosity and increases erythrocyte flexibility, microcirculatory flow, and tissue oxygenation; used for the symptomatic treatment of intermittent claudication; administered orally.

Medical dictionary. 2011.

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