Associations to the word «Ephedrine»

Wiktionary

EPHEDRINE, noun. (uncountable) An alkaloid, found in some species of Ephedra shrubs (or prepared synthetically).
EPHEDRINE, noun. (countable) A medication whose active ingredient is ephedrine, used as a sympathomimetic drug.

Dictionary definition

EPHEDRINE, noun. 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.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats