albuterol
a selective sympathomimetic bronchodilator, C13H21NO3, inhaled to relax bronchial muscles and ease breathing during an asthma attack.
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How to use albuterol in a sentence
With my kids, they had to have albuterol and ipratropium nebulizer treatments around the clock, every four hours for three weeks.
Few Masks. Sick Kids. Packed ERs. How One District’s First Four Weeks of School Went Bad. | by Nicole Carr | October 5, 2021 | ProPublicaalbuterol inhalers come mass-produced from a factory, and yet asthmatics still prefer them to wheezing uncontrollably.
Warning: “Natural Medicine” Is Often Code for “Pseudoscience” | Russell Saunders | April 3, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST
Scientific definitions for albuterol
[ ăl-byōō′tə-rôl′, -rōl′ ]
An adrenergic stimulant used as a bronchodilator in the treatment of asthma and other obstructive lung diseases.
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