A type of medication that helps remove excess water from the body by increasing urination.
Derived from 'fur-' (a chemical prefix) combined with '-semide,' a suffix used in the names of diuretic medications. The word was coined in pharmaceutical nomenclature in the 20th century.
Fursemide is actually a misspelling or variant of 'furosemide,' a real medicine so important that millions of people take it daily—it was discovered by accident when researchers were looking for antibiotics!
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