ephedrine

ephedrine

See also: éphédrine

English

Etymology

From ephedra +‎ -ine.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈɛf.ə.dɹiːn/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ɪˈfɛ.dɹɪn/, /ˈɛf.ə.dɹɪn/

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Noun

ephedrine (countable and uncountable, plural ephedrines)

1. (biochemistry, pharmacology) 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.
   • 2003, Samuel H. Barondes, chapter 5, in Better than Prozac, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 63:

     The great advantage of ephedrine is its effectiveness if taken as a pill, whereas adrenaline works only if injected or inhaled.

Derived terms

• -drine
• ethylephedrine
• mini ephedrine
• phenylephedrine
• pseudoephedrine
• racephedrine

 

Translations

alkaloid drug

Chinese: Mandarin: 麻黃素／麻黄素 (zh) (máhuángsù), 麻黃鹼／麻黄碱 (zh) (máhuángjiǎn) Esperanto: efedrino Finnish: efedriini (fi) French: éphédrine (fr) f Galician: efedrina f German: Ephedrin (de) n Greek: εφεδρίνη f (efedríni) Hungarian: efedrin Ido: efedrino (io) Indonesian: efedrina (id) Italian: efedrina (it) f Japanese: エフェドリン (efedorin) Polish: efedryna f Portuguese: efedrina (pt) f Russian: эфедри́н (ru) m (efedrín) Spanish: efedrina f Swedish: efedrin n Turkish: efedrin

References

• “ephedrine”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
• “ephedrine”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary