pseudoephedrine

See also: pseudoéphédrine

English

Chemical structure of pseudoephedrine

Etymology

From pseudo- +‎ ephedrine.

Pronunciation

(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /sjuː.dəʊˈɛf.ə.dɹiːn/
(General American) IPA^(key): /su.doʊ.ɪˈfɛ.dɹɪn/
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Noun

pseudoephedrine (countable and uncountable, plural pseudoephedrines)

(pharmacology) A sympathomimetic alkaloid commonly used as a decongestant; a chemical compound, an isomer of ephedrine, with the formula C₁₀H₁₅NO.

Translations

sympathomimetic alkaloid

Catalan: pseudoefedrina
Chinese:
Mandarin: 偽麻黃鹼／伪麻黄碱 (wěimáhuángjiǎn)
Czech: pseudoefedrin m
Dutch: pseudo-efedrine
Esperanto: please add this translation if you can
Finnish: pseudoefedriini (fi)
French: pseudoéphédrine (fr) m
Georgian: please add this translation if you can
German: Pseudoephedrin n
Hungarian: pszeudoefedrin (hu)
Ido: pseudoefedrino
Irish: súideifidrín m
Italian: pseudoefedrina f
Norwegian: pseudoefedrin
Polish: pseudoefedryna (pl) f
Portuguese: pseudoefedrina f
Russian: псевдоэфедри́н (ru) m (psevdoefedrín)
Serbo-Croatian:
Roman: pseudoefedrin
Spanish: pseudoefedrina f, seudoefedrina f
Swedish: pseudoefedrin
Turkish: please add this translation if you can

See also

phenylephedrine, phenylephrine

References

“pseudoephedrine”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
“pseudoephedrine”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.

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