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

1 sense of naphazoline

Sense 1
naphazoline, Privine, Sudafed -- (vasoconstrictor (trade names Privine and Sudafed) used in nasal sprays to treat symptoms of nasal congestion and in eyedrops to treat eye irritation)
       => vasoconstrictor, vasoconstrictive, pressor -- (any agent that causes a narrowing of an opening of a blood vessel: cold or stress or nicotine or epinephrine or norepinephrine or angiotensin or vasopressin or certain drugs; maintains or increases blood pressure)
       => nasal decongestant -- (a decongestant that provides temporary relief of nasal symptoms of the common cold and rhinitis and upper respiratory infections)