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methenamine
(redirected from methenamine mandelate)

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methenamine /meth·en·amine/ (meth″en-am´in) an antibacterial used in urinary tract infections; administered as the hippurate and mandelate salts.
me·the·na·mine (m-thn-mn, -mn)
n.
An organic compound used as a urinary tract antiseptic.
methenamine [mĕ-the´nah-mēn]
a urinary antiseptic, administered orally as the hippurate and mandelate salts.
methenamine
a white crystalline powder used orally as a urinary antiseptic; in acidic urine it is hydrolyzed to formaldehyde and ammonia. Called also hexamine.
methenamine hippurate
hexamine combined with hippuric acid.
methenamine mandelate
a salt of hexamine and mandelic acid, used in infections of the urinary tract.
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