brompheniramine

[brohm-fuh-neer-uh-meen, -min]

brom·phen·ir·am·ine

[brohm-fuh-neer-uh-meen, -min]
noun Pharmacology.
a substance, C16H19BrN2, used as an antihistamine in the management of various allergies, as hay fever.

Origin:
presumably coined from contraction of the component names bromophenyl, pyridinepropanamine; see bromo-, phenyl, pyridine, propane, -amine
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Brompheniramine has a plethora of syllables.
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a white, crystalline, water-insoluble solid, C14H9Cl5, usually derived from chloral by reaction with chlorobenzene in the presence of fuming sulfuric acid: used as an insecticide and as a scabicide and pediculicide: agricultural use prohibited in the U.S.
an obscure term ostensibly referring to a lung disease caused by silica dust, sometimes cited as one of the longest words in the English language.
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