English
loperamide
From (ch)lo(ro)- + (pi)per(idine) + -amide.
Formed from chloro- + piperidine + -amide
Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰelh₃- ‘green, yellow’
Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰl̥h₃rós
Proto-Hellenic *kʰlōrós ‘greenish-yellow, pale green’
Ancient Greek χλωρός ‘pale green’
English chloro-
Today it means
noun A synthetic antidiarrheal agent of the opiate class (trademark Imodium) that slows intestinal peristalsis and is taken orally in the form of its hydrochloride C₂₉H₃₃ClN₂O₂·HCl to control acute nonspecific diarrhea or chronic diarrhea associated with inflammatory bowel disease or to reduce fecal volume discharged from ileostomies.
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Etymograph / loperamide