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salbutamol

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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Sound

Pronunciation

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  • Received-Pronunciation: /salˈbjuː.tə.mɒl/
  • General-American: /sælˈbju.təˌmɔl/

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noun

Meaning 1

A synthetic bronchodilator, with the chemical formula C13H21NO3, used to treat bronchospasm associated especially with asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

Topics: medicine, pharmacology, sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: albuterol

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From sal- + but(yl)am(ino) + -ol.

Across languages

Translations

17 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Armenian: սալբուտամոլ (salbutamol) — synthetic bronchodilator
  • Bashkir: сальбутамол (salʹbutamol) — synthetic bronchodilator
  • Chinese Cantonese: 沙丁胺醇 (saa1 ding1 on1 seon4) — synthetic bronchodilator
  • Chinese Mandarin: 沙丁胺醇 (shādīng'ànchún) — synthetic bronchodilator
  • French: salbutamol — synthetic bronchodilator
  • Indonesian: salbutamol — synthetic bronchodilator
  • Italian: salbutamolo — synthetic bronchodilator
  • Japanese: サルブタモール (sarubutamōru) — synthetic bronchodilator
  • Kazakh: сальбутамол (salbutamol) — synthetic bronchodilator
  • Korean: 살부타몰 (salbutamol) — synthetic bronchodilator
  • Kyrgyz: сальбутамол (salbutamol) — synthetic bronchodilator
  • Odia: ସାଲବୁଟାମୋଲ (sālabuṭāmola) — synthetic bronchodilator
  • Persian: سالبوتامول — synthetic bronchodilator
  • Portuguese: salbutamol — synthetic bronchodilator
  • Russian: сальбутамо́л (salʹbutamól) — synthetic bronchodilator
  • Spanish: salbutamol — synthetic bronchodilator
  • Thai: ซัลบูทามอล — synthetic bronchodilator