neosynephrine
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From neo- + synephrine. (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “which was coined first? the "Neo-Synephrine" trademark or the generic name?”)
Noun[edit]
neosynephrine (uncountable)
- (pharmacology) Synonym of phenylephrine.
- 1951 February, Forrest H. Howard, “The Physiologic Position for Delivery”, in Northwest Medicine, volume 50, number 2, Portland, Ore.: Northwest Medical Publishing Association, page 99:
- The method of anesthetizing the mother is as follows: […] The mother is given ¼ cc. of neosynephrine intramuscularly immediately and the blood pressure taken.