aminophylline

1. 1.

   a theophylline derivative that is used as a bronchodilator in the treatment of bronchial asthma, emphysema, and bronchitis

   Broaderbronchodilator

Other forms of aminophylline

plural

aminophyllines·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about aminophylline

What does aminophylline mean?

aminophylline means "a theophylline derivative that is used as a bronchodilator in the treatment of bronchial asthma, emphysema, and bronchitis".

How many syllables are in aminophylline?

aminophylline has 5 syllables: a-mi-no-phyl-line. The stress falls on "no".

Is aminophylline a common word?

aminophylline is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.