bronchodilator

Noun

Meaning

a drug that relaxes and dilates the bronchial passageways and improves the passages of air into the lungs

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

drug medicine cure bronchial nebulizer inhaler chronic bronchitis bronchospasm aminophylline breathing apparatus bronchi acetylcysteine cough suppressant bromhexine erdosteine

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Hypernyms

medicine medication medicament medicinal drug

Hyponyms

ephedrine albuterol metaproterenol aminophylline Proventil Atrovent

Examples

If you have a chronic respiratory disease such as asthma or COPD and you are scheduled to use an inhaled bronchodilator at the same time as zanamivir, use the inhaled bronchodilator before using zanamivir. Source: Internet

Ventolin HFA (albuterol sulfate inhalation ) is a bronchodilator used to treat or prevent bronchospasm in people with reversible obstructive airway disease. Source: Internet

What are the risks of using theophylline as a bronchodilator? Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

bronchodilate bronchodilation bronchodilative bronchodilatory bronchodysplasia bronchoepithelial