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ephedrin

ephedrin is the archaic form of ephedrine.

Meaning of ephedrine

Noun

ephedrine (countable and uncountable, plural ephedrines)

  1. A crystalline alkaloid drug C₁₀H₁₅NO obtained from a Chinese ephedra (Ephedra sinica) or synthesized that has the physiological action of epinephrine. It causes constriction of the blood vessels and widening of the bronchial passages and is used in the form of its hydrochloride or sulfate to relieve asthma and hay fever.
    • The great advantage of ephedrine is its effectiveness if taken as a pill, whereas adrenaline works only if injected or inhaled.2003, Samuel H. Barondes, chapter 5, in Better than Prozac, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 63

Forms of ephedrin

pluralephedrins

Questions about ephedrin

What is ephedrin the archaic form of?
Ephedrin is the archaic form of ephedrine.

Words near ephedrin in the dictionary

  1. ephectic
  2. ephectics
  3. ephedra
  4. ephedraceous
  5. ephedras
  6. ephedrin
  7. ephedrine
  8. ephedrines
  9. ephedrins
  10. ephedroid
  11. ephedroids

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