labetalol
/ləˈbɛt.əˌlɔl/noun
labetalol is a noun meaning “A drug that acts as an alpha- and beta-blocker, used in the treatment of hypertension” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled L-A-B-E-T-A-L-O-L and has 4 syllables, and it appears about once in every 35 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data).
What does labetalol mean?
noun
- 1
A drug that acts as an alpha- and beta-blocker, used in the treatment of hypertension.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce labetalol?
- UK /ləˈbiː.təl.ɒl/
- US /ləˈbɛt.əˌlɔl/
Labetalol has 4 syllables (counted from the pronunciation).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is labetalol?
Labetalol appears about once in every 35 million words in written English, the 180,281st most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Where does labetalol come from?
From la- (“alteration of alpha”) + beta + -olol.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).