ephedrine
Meaning of ephedrine
noun
a crystalline alkaloid drug obtained from some ephedras. It causes constriction of the blood vessels and widening of the bronchial passages, and is used to relieve asthma and hay fever.
late 19th century: from ephedra + -ine4.
Information about ephedrine
- It is a name.
- The plural form of ephedrine is: ephedrines.
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Hyphenation of ephedrine
ephedrine
- It consists of 1 syllables and 9 chars.
- ephedrine is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable
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