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ephedrine

DEFINITIONS OF: ephedrine

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n 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

Type 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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