edrophonium

[ ed-ruh-foh-nee-uhm ]

noun

, Pharmacology.

1. a substance, C 10 H 16 BrNO, used to reverse certain muscle-relaxing agents, such as tubocurarine, in surgical procedures: also used in the diagnosis of myasthenia gravis.

Word History and Origins

Origin of edrophonium¹

Contraction of components of the chemical name

Example Sentences

It would compete with Valeant Pharmaceuticals International Inc's Prostigmin, known generically as neostigmine, and Tensilon, also known as edrophonium.

From Reuters

It would compete with Valeant Pharmaceuticals International Inc's Prostigmin, known generically as neostigmine, and Tensilon, also known as edrophonium.

From Reuters