ipratropium bromide

[ ip-ruh-troh-pee-uhm ]

nounPharmacology.
  1. an anticholinergic bronchodilator, C20H30BrNO3, used in the treatment of chronic bronchitis and in airway obstruction diseases.

Origin of ipratropium bromide

1
i(so)pr(opylnor)atrop(in)ium a component of the chemical name; see isopropyl, nor-, atropine, -ium

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