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cromolyn sodium

[ kroh-muh-lin ]

noun

, Pharmacology.
  1. a substance, C 23 H 14 Na 2 O 11 , used as a preventive inhalant for bronchial asthma and hay fever.


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Origin of cromolyn sodium1

First recorded in 1970–75; contraction and rearrangement of the chemical name

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