n :  an aldosterone antagonist C₂₄H₃₂O₄S that promotes diuresis and sodium excretion and is used to treat essential hypertension, edema with congestive heart failure, hepatic cirrhosis with ascites, nephrotic syndrome, and idiopathic edema .
 
   
 
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