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-drine

UK/dɹiːn/US/dɹɪn/

-drine suffix: used to form names of sympathomimetics.

Suffix

-drine

  1. Used to form names of sympathomimetics.

Origin of -drine

From ephedrine.

Questions about -drine

What does -drine mean?
-drine means used to form names of sympathomimetics.
What part of speech is -drine?
-drine is a suffix.
How do you pronounce -drine?
-drine is pronounced /dɹiːn/ (UK).

Words near -drine in the dictionary

  1. -doku
  2. -dom
  3. -doms
  4. -dopa
  5. -dralazine
  6. -drine
  7. -drome
  8. -dromic
  9. -dromous
  10. -dromy
  11. -dronate

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