verapamil
/vəˈɹæp.ə.mɪl/noun
verapamil is a noun meaning “A synthetic compound which acts as a calcium antagonist and is used to treat angina pectoris and cardiac arrhythmias” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled V-E-R-A-P-A-M-I-L, and it appears about once in every 11 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data). The plural of verapamil is verapamils.
What does verapamil mean?
noun
- 1
A synthetic compound which acts as a calcium antagonist and is used to treat angina pectoris and cardiac arrhythmias.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce verapamil?
- /vəˈɹæp.ə.mɪl/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of verapamil
- verapamils plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is verapamil?
Verapamil appears about once in every 11 million words in written English, the 100,430th 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 verapamil come from?
Probably from vera(tryl) + (iso)p(ropyl) + am(ino) + (nitr)il(e).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).