bron·cho·di·la·tor (br ng k -d -l  t r, -d -, -dl-)n. A drug that widens the air passages of the lungs and eases breathing by relaxing bronchial smooth muscle. |
| bronchodilator (brngk-d-ltr, -dl-) A drug that widens the air passages of the lungs and eases breathing by relaxing bronchial smooth muscle. |
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| Noun | 1. | bronchodilator - a drug that relaxes and dilates the bronchial passageways and improves the passages of air into the lungs 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) medicament, medication, medicinal drug, medicine - (medicine) something that treats or prevents or alleviates the symptoms of disease 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 |
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