Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun ephedrine

1 sense of ephedrine

Sense 1
ephedrine -- (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)
       => alkaloid -- (natural bases containing nitrogen found in plants)
       => bronchodilator -- (a drug that relaxes and dilates the bronchial passageways and improves the passages of air into the lungs)