norephedrine

noun

nor·​ephedrine

¦nȯr,

(ˈ)nȯr+

: a crystalline compound C₆H₅CHOHCH(CH₃)NH₂ known in three optically isomeric forms of which the levoratatory form occurs naturally with ephedrine; 1-phenyl-2-amino-1-propanol

called also phenylpropanolamine

Word History

Etymology

nor- + ephedrine

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