phenylephrine

[ fen-l-ef-reen, -rin, feen- ]

nounPharmacology.
  1. an alpha-adrenergic stimulant, C19H13NO2, used chiefly as a nasal decongestant.

Origin of phenylephrine

1
First recorded in 1945–50; phenyl + (epin)ephrine

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