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synephrine

synephrine noun: the alkaloid 4-[1-hydroxy-2-(methylamino)ethyl]phenol, whose m-substituted analog, neosynephrine, is used in pharmaceuticals.

Noun

synephrine (uncountable)

  1. The alkaloid 4-[1-hydroxy-2-(methylamino)ethyl]phenol, whose m-substituted analog, neosynephrine, is used in pharmaceuticals.

Words formed from synephrine

Questions about synephrine

What does synephrine mean?
Synephrine means the alkaloid 4-[1-hydroxy-2-(methylamino)ethyl]phenol, whose m-substituted analog, neosynephrine, is used in pharmaceuticals.
What part of speech is synephrine?
Synephrine is a noun.

Words near synephrine in the dictionary

  1. syneisaktism
  2. Synelnykove
  3. synema
  4. synemin
  5. synendemic
  6. synephrine
  7. synepitheliochorial
  8. synereses
  9. syneresis
  10. synergetic
  11. synergetically

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