BRONCHODILATOR

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does bronchodilator mean? 

• BRONCHODILATOR (noun)
  The noun BRONCHODILATOR has 1 sense:

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

  Familiarity information: BRONCHODILATOR used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BRONCHODILATOR (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("bronchodilator" is a kind of...):

medicament; medication; medicinal drug; medicine ((medicine) something that treats or prevents or alleviates the symptoms of disease)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "bronchodilator"):

albuterol; Proventil; Ventolin (a bronchodilator (trade names Ventolin or Proventil) used for asthma and emphysema and other lung conditions; available in oral or inhalant forms; side effects are tachycardia and shakiness)

aminophylline (a theophylline derivative that is used as a bronchodilator in the treatment of bronchial asthma, emphysema, and bronchitis)

Atrovent; ipratropium bromide (an inhaled bronchodilator (trade name Atrovent))

Alupent; metaproterenol (a bronchodilator (trade name Alupent) used to treat asthma and emphysema and other lung conditions; available in oral or inhalant forms; side effects include tachycardia and shakiness)

Elixophyllin; Slo-Bid; Theobid; theophylline (a colorless crystalline alkaloid derived from tea leaves or made synthetically; used in medicine as a bronchial dilator)

ephedrine (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)

 Context examples 

A synthetic catechol compound and potent beta adrenergic agonist with peripheral vasodilator, bronchodilator, and cardiac stimulating properties.

(Isoproterenol, NCI Thesaurus)

The change in IC following administration of a bronchodilator relative to the pre-treatment IC value.

(Inspiratory Capacity Reversibility, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)

The fumarate salt form of formoterol, a long-acting and selective sympathomimetic beta-receptor agonist with bronchodilator activity.

(Formoterol Fumarate, NCI Thesaurus)

The change in FEV1 following administration of a bronchodilator relative to the pre-treatment FEV1 value.

(Forced Expiratory Volume in 1 Second Reversibility, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)

The hydrochloride salt form of isoproterenol, a synthetic catechol compound and potent beta adrenergic agonist with peripheral vasodilator, bronchodilator, and cardiac stimulating properties.

(Isoproterenol Hydrochloride, NCI Thesaurus)

The sulfate salt form of isoproterenol, a beta-adrenergic receptor agonist with bronchodilator activity.

(Isoproterenol Sulfate, NCI Thesaurus)

The change in PEF following administration of a bronchodilator relative to the pre-treatment PEF value.

(Peak Expiratory Flow Reversibility, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)

The sulfate salt form of metaproterenol, a short-acting and selective sympathomimetic beta-receptor agonist with bronchodilator activity.

(Metaproterenol Sulfate, NCI Thesaurus)

The hydrochloride salt form of levalbuterol, a relatively selective sympathomimetic beta-2 adrenergic receptor agonist with bronchodilator activity.

(Levalbuterol Hydrochloride, NCI Thesaurus)

A short-acting sympathomimetic beta-2 adrenergic receptor agonist with bronchodilator activity.

(Levalbuterol, NCI Thesaurus)