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bronchodilator
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bronchodilator [¦bräŋ·kō′dī‚lād·ər]
(medicine)
An instrument used to increase the caliber of the pulmonary air passages.
(pharmacology)
Any agent that causes a widening of the air passages in bronchi and bronchioles.
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As the disease progresses, it is often necessary to use two or more bronchodilator agents from different classes to obtain symptomatic relief.
COPD is a highly preventable and treatable disease, the latter often ... by Abdool-Gaffar, Sabeer / CME: Your SA Journal of CPD
Stockley reported that two of these bronchodilator agents -- theophylline and terbutaline -- appeared to boost the activity of many white blood cells called neutrophils in a test-tube experiment.
Emphysema drugs may boost lung damage by Fackelmann, Kathy A. / Science News
 
 
 
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