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EPHEDRINE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
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
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("ephedrine" is a kind of...):
bronchodilator (a drug that relaxes and dilates the bronchial passageways and improves the passages of air into the lungs)
alkaloid (natural bases containing nitrogen found in plants)
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