montelukast

montelukast
mon·te·lu·kast (mŏn'tə-lo͞oʹkăst) n.
A drug that reduces the inflammatory response by acting as a leukotriene receptor antagonist, and is used to treat the signs and symptoms of asthma.
  [monte-, of unknown origin + -lukast, leukotriene receptor antagonist suff.; see zafirlukast.]

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