ephedrine

See also: éphédrine

See also: ephedron

English

Etymology

Ephedra +‎ -ine

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɛfədɹɪn/, /ɪˈfɛdɹɪn/

• Audio (US):

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Noun

ephedrine (countable and uncountable, plural ephedrines)

1. (uncountable) An alkaloid, found in some species of Ephedra shrubs (or prepared synthetically).
2. (countable) A medication whose active ingredient is ephedrine, used as a sympathomimetic drug.

Derived terms

• ethylephedrine
• mini ephedrine
• phenylephedrine
• pseudoephedrine
• racephedrine

 

Translations

Translations

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 麻黃素／麻黄素 (zh) (máhuángsù), 麻黄素 (zh) (máhuángsù), 麻黃鹼／麻黄碱 (zh) (máhuángjiǎn), 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)
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• Hungarian: efedrin
• Ido: efedrino (io)
• Indonesian: efedrina (id)
• Italian: efedrina (it) f
• Japanese: エフェドリン (efedorin)
• Portuguese: efedrina (pt) f
• Russian: эфедри́н (ru) m (efedrín)
• Spanish: efedrina f