ephedrine

POS

Noun

HYPHEN

e=phed=rine

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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun ephedrine has 1 sense

ephedrine(n = noun.substance) - white odorless powdered or crystalline alkaloid from plants of the genus Ephedra (especially Ephedra sinica) or made synthetically; used as a bronchodilator to treat bronchitis and asthma;

OXFORD DICTIONARY

ephedrine, n. an alkaloid drug found in some ephedras, causing constriction of the blood-vessels and widening of the bronchial passages, used to relieve asthma, etc.

Etymology

EPHEDRA + -INE(4)

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