thiazide /thi·a·zide/ (thi´ah-zīd) any of a group of diuretics that act by inhibiting the reabsorption of sodium in the proximal renal tubule and stimulating chloride excretion, with resultant increase in excretion of water.
thi·a·zide (th   -zd , -z d)n. See benzothiadiazide. |
thiazide
any of a group of benzothiadiazinesulfonamide derivatives, typified by chlorothiazide, that act as diuretics by inhibiting the reabsorption of sodium in the proximal renal tubule and stimulating chloride excretion, with resultant increase in excretion of water.
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