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theophylline
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theophylline
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun theophylline has 1 sense
- theophylline(n = noun.artifact) elixophyllin, slo-bid, theobid - a colorless crystalline alkaloid derived from tea leaves or made synthetically; used in medicine as a bronchial dilator; Array is a kind of bronchodilator
OXFORD DICTIONARY
theophylline, n. an alkaloid similar to theobromine, found in tea-leaves.
Etymology
irreg. f. mod.L thea tea + Gk phullon leaf + -INE(4)
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