Associations to the word «Theophylline»

Wiktionary

THEOPHYLLINE, noun. (pharmaceutical drug) Methylxanthine drug used in therapy for respiratory diseases such as COPD or asthma.

Dictionary definition

THEOPHYLLINE, noun. A colorless crystalline alkaloid derived from tea leaves or made synthetically; used in medicine as a bronchial dilator.

Wise words

In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.
Alexander Pope