phenylephrine

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Meaning

1. noun An α-adrenergic receptor agonist related to adrenaline, used as a vasoconstrictor and nasal decongestant; 3-(1-hydroxy-2-methylamino-ethyl)phenol, with the formula C9H13NO2.

Similar words

norepinephrine hydrochloride phenylephedrine neosynephrine pseudoephedrine phenylpropanolamine norephedrine phenoxybenzamine pheneridine pseudo

Often followed by

hydrochloride and is in or on may was to

Word family

phenylephrines