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Answer for the clue "A bronchodilator (trade names Elixophyllin and Slo-Bid and Theobid) used to treat asthma and bronchitis and emphysema ", 13 letters:
aminophylline

Word definitions for aminophylline in dictionaries

Wikipedia Word definitions in Wikipedia
Aminophylline is a compound of the bronchodilator theophylline with ethylenediamine in 2:1 ratio. The ethylenediamine improves solubility, and the aminophylline is usually found as a dihydrate . Aminophylline is less potent and shorter-acting than theophylline ...

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
n. a bronchodilator (trade names Elixophyllin and Slo-Bid and Theobid) used to treat asthma and bronchitis and emphysema [syn: theophylline , Elixophyllin , Slo-Bid , Theobid ]

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. A bronchodilator comprising theophylline and ethylenediamine in a 2:1 ratio.

Usage examples of aminophylline.

In the other case Johnnie had put a bottle of Glenlivet malt whisky, one of those sand hot-water bottles that keep hot for hours, a heavy sweater, sal volatile, smelling salts, a box containing a hypodermic needle and four small ampoules of megimide, four vials of aminophylline and a dark bottle that I guessed was nikethamide - a circulatory stimulant - a mirror to detect breathing, a short Piorry's wooden stethoscope, a thermometer, a pen torch suitable for examining pupils, and a marking pencil.