[ noun ] a drug (trade name Trental) used to treat claudication; believed to increase the flexibility of red blood cells so they can flow through the blood vessels to the legs and feet <noun.artifact>
Trental \Tren"tal\, n. [LL. trentale, fr. L. triginta thirty; akin to tres three: cf. OF. trentel. See {Three}, and cf. {Trigintal}.] 1. (R. C. Ch.) An office and mass for the dead on the thirtieth day after death or burial. ``Their trentals and their shrifts.'' --Spenser.