Usually means: Decongestant that narrows blood vessels.
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  1. phenylephrine: Merriam-Webster
  2. phenylephrine: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. phenylephrine: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. phenylephrine: Collins English Dictionary
  5. phenylephrine: Vocabulary.com
  6. phenylephrine: Wordnik
  7. phenylephrine: Wiktionary
  8. phenylephrine: Infoplease Dictionary
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  10. Phenylephrine: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  11. phenylephrine: Rhymezone
  12. phenylephrine: FreeDictionary.org
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  14. phenylephrine: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. phenylephrine: Encyclopedia

Medicine (6 matching dictionaries)
  1. phenylephrine: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
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  4. Phenylephrine: Merck Manuals
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  6. phenylephrine: Medical dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (phenylephrine)

noun:  (medicine, pharmacology) An α-adrenergic receptor agonist related to adrenaline, used as a vasoconstrictor and nasal decongestant; 3-(1-hydroxy-2-methylamino-ethyl)phenol, with the formula C₉H₁₃NO₂.

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