mesylate
noun(mes-y-late)
a salt or ester of an acid CH4O3S used especially in pharmaceutical preparations —called also methanesulfonate
mesylate
noun(mes-y-late)
an anticoagulant drug C34H41N7O5·CH4O3S that inhibits the action of thrombin and is administered orally to reduce the risk of stroke associated with atrial fibrillation in the absence of heart valve disease and to treat or prevent deep vein thrombosis and pulmonary embolism
mesylate
noun(mes-y-late)
an anticancer drug taken orally in the form of its mesylate C29H31N7O·CH4O3S to treat chronic myelogenous leukemia and metastatic or unresectable gastrointestinal stromal tumors