ephedrine

See also: éphédrine

English

Etymology

Ephedra +‎ -ine

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈɛfədɹɪn/, /ɪˈfɛdɹɪn/
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Noun

ephedrine (countable and uncountable, plural ephedrines)

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

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Translations

Chinese:
Mandarin: 麻黃素 (zh), 麻黄素 (zh) (máhuángsù), 麻黃鹼 (zh), 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)
Portuguese: efedrina (pt) f
Russian: эфедри́н (ru) m (efedrín)
Spanish: efedrina f

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