lukast

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Back-formation from -lukast (suffix), from -ast.

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lukast (plural lukasts)

  1. (pharmacology) Any of several antagonists of the cysteinyl leukotriene receptor 1, used in the treatment of respiratory diseases such as asthma, which has a name ending in -lukast.
    • 1999, William J. Calhoun, “Asthma”, in Gerald S. Davis, editor, Medical Management of Pulmonary Diseases, New York, NY: Marcel Dekker, →ISBN, page 448:
      Leukotriene pathway inhibitors, such as zileuton or the lukasts (cysteinyl leukotriene receptor antagonists), block the development of both systemic symptoms and bronchial obstruction.

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