Meanings
nounorciprenaline (uncountable)
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA bronchodilator used in the treatment of asthma.
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- Proto-Indo-European*h₂ew-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂ṓws
- Proto-Italic*ausis
- Latinauris
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- Italianoricello
- Arabic[script needed] ('urjālla)influ.
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- Old Frenchorchel
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- Frenchorcine
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- Medieval Latinalcoho
- Middle Englishalcofol
- Englishalcohol
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- Frenchpropionique
- Proto-Indo-European*swel-der.?
- Ancient Greekῡ̔́λη (hū́lē)
- Frenchpropyl-
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- Ancient Greekγιγνώσκω (gignṓskō)
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- Latinnorma
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
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- Latinnōrmālis
- Englishnormal
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- Proto-Italic*ad
- Proto-Italic*ad-
- Latinad-
- Englishad-
- Latinrēn
- Late Latinrēnāli
- Englishrenal
- Englishadrenal
- Englishadrenaline
- Englishnoradrenaline
- Englishisoprenaline
- Englishorciprenaline
From orci(nol) + -prenaline (“phenethylamine derivative”).
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APA
orciprenaline. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/orciprenaline
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“orciprenaline.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/orciprenaline. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “orciprenaline,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/orciprenaline.
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