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   The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition.  2000.
 
albuterol
 
SYLLABICATION:al·bu·ter·ol
PRONUNCIATION:  l-byt-rôl, -rl
NOUN: A beta-adrenergic stimulant used as a bronchodilator in the treatment of asthma and other obstructive lung diseases.
ETYMOLOGY:Probably alteration of earlier salbutamol (influenced by al(cohol) and and perhaps ter(tiary)) : sal(icyl), the radical of salicylic acid (from French salicyle; see salicylic acid) + but(yl) + am(ine) + –ol1.
 
 
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