WATER PILL
Dictionary entry overview: What does water pill mean?
• WATER PILL (noun)
The noun WATER PILL has 1 sense:
1. any substance that tends to increase the flow of urine
Familiarity information: WATER PILL used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• WATER PILL (noun)
Meaning:
Any substance that tends to increase the flow of urine
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Synonyms:
diuretic; diuretic drug; water pill
Hypernyms ("water pill" is a kind of...):
drug (a substance that is used as a medicine or narcotic)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "water pill"):
chlorthalidone; Hygroton; Thalidone (a diuretic (trade names Hygroton and Thalidone) used to control hypertension and conditions that cause edema; effective in lowering blood pressure to prevent heart attacks)
Edecrin; ethacrynic acid (diuretic (trade name Edecrin) used to treat edema)
furosemide; Lasix (commonly used diuretic (trade name Lasix) used to treat hypertension and edema)
indapamide; Lozal (diuretic (trade name Lozal) used in the treatment of hypertension)
mannitol; Osmitrol (a diuretic (trade name Osmitrol) used to promote the excretion of urine)
thiazide (any of a group of drugs commonly used as diuretics in the treatment of hypertension; they block the reabsorption of sodium in the kidneys)
