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-dil

vasodilators

WHO's definition, quoted as written in the 2024 stem book
Names only. This page is about -dil as a part of a name. It has nothing on uses, doses, side effects or interactions of any medicine that carries it, and nothing here is medical advice. Ask a pharmacist or doctor about the medicine itself.

Where it sits in a name

WHO writes the stem as -dil. So the letters dil sit at the end of the name (…dil).

All 54 names WHO lists under -dil

These are the INN in group (a) of Part IV of the stem book: names in which WHO says the stem is used as defined. The stem is marked where WHO places it. A-Z as WHO lists them.

  1. alprostadil
  2. aviptadil
  3. belfosdil
  4. belumosudil
  5. benfurodil hemisuccinate
  6. bepridil
  7. biclodil
  8. buflomedil
  9. bumepidil
  10. carprazidil
  11. cetiedil
  12. cinepaxadil
  13. cotosudil
  14. dopropidil
  15. ecipramidil
  16. fasudil
  17. fenetradil
  18. fenoxedil
  19. floredil
  20. flosatidil
  21. fostedil
  22. fronepidil
  23. ipramidil
  24. levosemotiadil
  25. manozodil
  26. mefenidil
  27. mepramidil
  28. metrifudil
  29. minoxidil
  30. naftopidil
  31. naminidil
  32. nesapidil
  33. netarsudil
  34. nicorandil
  35. perfomedil
  36. pinacidil
  37. piribedil
  38. pirozadil
  39. pitenodil
  40. pretiadil
  41. razinodil
  42. ripasudil
  43. semotiadil
  44. sinitrodil
  45. sovesudil
  46. stevaladil
  47. suloctidil
  48. tipropidil
  49. tixadil
  50. trapidil
  51. urapidil
  52. verosudil
  53. viquidil
  54. zelasudil

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Decoded

tixadil

Listed INNCarries the WHO stem -dil

  • -dilend of the nameWHO lists it hereWHO definition: vasodilators

“tixadil” is an INN that WHO lists under -dil in the 2024 stem book.

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Source and licence

The definition of -dil (Part II B) and the 54 names (Part IV, group (a)) are from Use of stems in the selection of International Nonproprietary Names (INN) for pharmaceutical substances, 2024 (World Health Organization, Stem book 2024 (ISBN 978-92-4-009938-8); covers proposed INN Lists 1-129). Checked .

Adapted from: Use of stems in the selection of International Nonproprietary Names (INN) for pharmaceutical substances, 2024. Geneva: World Health Organization; 2024. Licence: CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO. This adaptation was not created by WHO; WHO is not responsible for its content or accuracy and does not endorse this site. The data file stems.json is shared under the same licence.