aminophylline
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7.4
- noun
- /ˌæməˈnɪfɪlin/
- Specialized
:
aminofilina
- Aminophylline is a good anti-asthma drug, but it has a narrow safety margin and hence should be used only in non-responders to the conventional line of management of an asthma attack.
Examples
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Our study revealed that aminophylline was used primarily as first-line therapy by 80% of doctors for asthma exacerbations in children.
Academic text (2007) -
In the treatment of bronchitis, patients are often given aminophylline to help open their airways.
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Now these women applied aminophylline on one thigh and a placebo on the other.
Blog text (2) -
How about Aminophylline?
Fiction book (1992) -
Aminophylline derivatives were employed by 80% of physicians for acute attacks in children.
Academic text (2007) -
These studies, utterly randomized, had placebo controllers in place, were double-blind, and were done in order to determine the effectiveness of aminophylline (a thigh cream).
Blog text (2) -
Many doctors prescribe aminophylline as a bronchodilator for patients suffering from asthma.
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The patient received aminophylline to relieve breathing difficulties associated with emphysema.
Synonyms
3
9.9
A medicine from tea leaves that helps open the airways
1
4.4
A medicine you breathe in that quickly opens your airways during asthma attacks
A medicine that opens lung airways to help breathing in asthma
A medicine that helps make breathing easier by opening the tubes in the lungs
A medicine that helps you breathe by making the airways wider
Medicine that helps breathing in asthma and makes the heart beat stronger
Surface Forms
Etymology
Aminophylline comes from amino- and -phylline. The -phylline part goes back to theophylline, a substance first found in tea leaves ('tea' + 'leaf'), and amino- shows it has an extra chemical part, so aminophylline is a changed form of that tea-derived drug used as a medicine to help breathing.