theophylline

1. 1.

   a colorless crystalline alkaloid derived from tea leaves or made synthetically; used in medicine as a bronchial dilator

   SynonymsElixophyllinSlo-BidTheobid

   Broaderbronchodilator

   trademark · trade name

Other forms of theophylline

plural

theophyllines·

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 theophylline

What does theophylline mean?

theophylline means "a colorless crystalline alkaloid derived from tea leaves or made synthetically; used in medicine as a bronchial dilator".

How many syllables are in theophylline?

theophylline has 4 syllables: the-o-phyl-line. The stress falls on "o".

What is another word for theophylline?

Close synonyms include Elixophyllin, Slo-Bid, Theobid. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is theophylline a common word?

theophylline 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.