Term: pentamidine
IPA: pɛnˈtæm.ɪ.diːn

==English==
[[File:Pentamidine 200.svg|thumb|350px|Chemical structure of '''pentamidine''']]
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===Etymology===
From {{af|en|pent-|-amidine}}.

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|en|/pɛnˈtæm.ɪ.diːn/}}

===Noun===
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# {{lb|en|pharmaceutical drug}} A [[synthetic]] [[antibiotic]] [[drug]] used chiefly in the form of its salt C<sub>23</sub>H<sub>36</sub>N<sub>4</sub>O<sub>10</sub>S<sub>2</sub> especially to treat [[protozoal]] infections (such as [[leishmaniasis]]) and to prevent {{w|pneu