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edrophonium

US/ˌɛ.dɹəˈfoʊ.ni.əm/

edrophonium noun: an anticholinesterase C₁₀H₁₆NO⁺ used especially to stimulate skeletal muscle and in the diagnosis of myasthenia gravis.

edrophonium: an anticholinesterase C₁₀H₁₆NO⁺ used especially to stimulate skeletal muscle and in the diagnosis...
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Noun

edrophonium (uncountable)

  1. An anticholinesterase C₁₀H₁₆NO⁺ used especially to stimulate skeletal muscle and in the diagnosis of myasthenia gravis.

Origin of edrophonium

From e(thyl) + (hy)dro(xy)ph(enyl) + -onium (“quaternary ammonium compound”).

Words formed from edrophonium

  • edrophonium chloride

Questions about edrophonium

What does edrophonium mean?
Edrophonium means an anticholinesterase C₁₀H₁₆NO⁺ used especially to stimulate skeletal muscle and in the diagnosis of myasthenia gravis.
What part of speech is edrophonium?
Edrophonium is a noun.
How do you pronounce edrophonium?
Edrophonium is pronounced /ˌɛ.dɹəˈfoʊ.ni.əm/ (US).

Words near edrophonium in the dictionary

  1. edriophthalmian
  2. edriophthalmic
  3. edriophthalmous
  4. EDRO
  5. Edrom
  6. edrophonium
  7. EDRs
  8. eds
  9. eds.
  10. EDSA
  11. EDSA II

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