EPHEDRINE

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

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

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Nouns denoting substances

Hypernyms ("ephedrine" is a kind 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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