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SLO-BID
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Slo-Bid mean?
• SLO-BID (noun)
The noun SLO-BID has 1 sense:
1. a colorless crystalline alkaloid derived from tea leaves or made synthetically; used in medicine as a bronchial dilator
Familiarity information: SLO-BID used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A colorless crystalline alkaloid derived from tea leaves or made synthetically; used in medicine as a bronchial dilator
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Synonyms:
Elixophyllin; Slo-Bid; Theobid; theophylline
Hypernyms ("Slo-Bid" is a kind of...):
bronchodilator (a drug that relaxes and dilates the bronchial passageways and improves the passages of air into the lungs)
Domain usage:
trade name (a name given to a product or service)
trademark (a formally registered symbol identifying the manufacturer or distributor of a product)
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