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noun
An agonist used in the management of asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, causing bronchodilation by relaxing the smooth muscle in the airway.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
Topics: medicine, pharmacology, sciences
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History
Etymology tree English form(amide) Ancient Greek -ο- (-o-)der. Latin -o-bor. English -o- English arterenol? English -terol English formoterol From form(amide) + -o- + -terol (“phenethylamine derivative”).
