besilate

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Respelling of besylate by substituting i for y, in accordance with principle № 7 of the World Health Organization’s 2004 “General principles for guidance in devising international nonproprietary names for pharmaceutical substances” (WHO/EDM/QSM/2004.5).[1]

Noun[edit]

besilate (plural besilates)

  1. (organic chemistry) Alternative spelling of besylate