pseudoephedrine

See also: pseudoéphédrine

English

Chemical structure of pseudoephedrine

Etymology

From pseudo- +‎ ephedrine.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /sjuː.dəʊˈɛf.ə.dɹiːn/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /su.doʊ.ɪˈfɛ.dɹɪn/

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Noun

pseudoephedrine (countable and uncountable, plural pseudoephedrines)

1. (pharmacology) A sympathomimetic alkaloid commonly used as a decongestant; a chemical compound, an isomer of ephedrine, with the formula C₁₀H₁₅NO.

Translations

sympathomimetic alkaloid

• Catalan: pseudoefedrina
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 偽麻黃鹼／伪麻黄碱 (wěimáhuángjiǎn)

• Czech: pseudoefedrin m
• Dutch: pseudo-efedrine
• Esperanto: please add this translation if you can
• Finnish: pseudoefedriini (fi)
• French: pseudoéphédrine (fr) m
• Georgian: please add this translation if you can
• German: Pseudoephedrin n
• Hungarian: pszeudoefedrin (hu)
• Ido: pseudoefedrino
• Irish: súideifidrín m
• Italian: pseudoefedrina f
• Norwegian: pseudoefedrin
• Polish: pseudoefedryna (pl) f
• Portuguese: pseudoefedrina f
• Russian: псевдоэфедри́н (ru) m (psevdoefedrín)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Roman: pseudoefedrin

• Spanish: pseudoefedrina f, seudoefedrina f
• Swedish: pseudoefedrin
• Turkish: please add this translation if you can

See also

• phenylephedrine, phenylephrine

References

• “pseudoephedrine”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
• “pseudoephedrine”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.