Usually means: Stimulant, decongestant, derived from ephedra.
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We found 25 dictionaries that define the word ephedrine:

General (17 matching dictionaries)
  1. ephedrine: Merriam-Webster
  2. ephedrine: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. ephedrine: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. ephedrine: Collins English Dictionary
  5. ephedrine: Vocabulary.com
  6. ephedrine: Wordnik
  7. ephedrine: Wiktionary
  8. ephedrine: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  9. ephedrine: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  10. ephedrine: Infoplease Dictionary
  11. ephedrine: Dictionary.com
  12. Ephedrine: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  13. ephedrine: Rhymezone
  14. ephedrine: Stammtisch Beau Fleuve Acronyms
  15. ephedrine: FreeDictionary.org
  16. ephedrine: Mnemonic Dictionary
  17. ephedrine: TheFreeDictionary.com

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. ephedrine: Encyclopedia

Medicine (6 matching dictionaries)
  1. ephedrine: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  3. Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  4. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  5. Probert Encyclopaedia of Medicine (No longer online)
  6. epHEDrine: Medical dictionary

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Ephedrine: Urban Dictionary

(Note: See ephedrines as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (ephedrine)

noun:  (biochemistry, pharmacology) A crystalline alkaloid drug C₁₀H₁₅NO obtained from a Chinese ephedra (Ephedra sinica) or synthesized that has the physiological action of epinephrine. It causes constriction of the blood vessels and widening of the bronchial passages and is used in the form of its hydrochloride or sulfate to relieve asthma and hay fever.

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