Theophylline

Definition: Theophylline

Theophylline

Noun

1. A bronchodilator (trade names Elixophyllin and Slo-Bid and Theobid) used to treat asthma and bronchitis and emphysema.

Specialty Definitions: Theophylline

Domain	Definitions
Health	Alkaloid obtained from Thea sinensis (tea) and others. It stimulates the heart and central nervous system, dilates bronchi and blood vessels, and causes diuresis. The drug is used mainly in bronchial asthma and for myocardial stimulation. Among its more prominent cellular effects are inhibition of cyclic nucleotide phosphodiesterases and antagonism of adenosine receptors. (references)
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Specialty Definition: Theophylline

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

Theophylline is a drug, a PDE inhibitor, that is widely used in pharmacotherapy.

Theophylline is also known as 3,7-dihydro-1,3-dimethyl-1H-purine-2,6-dione or 1,3-dimethylxanthine and the chemical formula is C₇H₈N₄O₂. It has molecular weight of 180.16. It is naturally found in tea.

The main actions of theophylline are :

relaxation of bronchial smooth muscle
positive inotropic effect
positive chronotropic effect
lowers blood pressure
increases renal blood flow
some anti-inflammatory effect

The main therapeutic uses of theophylline are :

chronic obstructive diseases of the airways
- COPD
- bronchial asthma

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Synonym: Theophylline

Synonym: aminophylline (n). (additional references)

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Crosswords: Theophylline

Specialty definitions using "theophylline": Dyphylline ♦ Purines. (references)

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Commercial Usage: Theophylline

Domain	Title
References	The World Market for Theophylline and Aminophylline (Theophylline-Ethylenediamine), Their Derivatives, and Salts Thereof: A 2004 Global Trade Perspective (reference) (more reference examples)

Books	New perspectives in theophylline therapy (reference) Sustained Release Theophylline and Nocturnal Asthma: International Workshop, Burgenstock, Switzerland (Current Clinical Practice Series, No 18) (reference) Theophylline profile (reference) (more book examples)
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Non-Fiction Usage: Theophylline

Subject	Topic	Quote
Health		Theophylline is sometimes used by itself to treat mild asthma. (references)
		The dose for theophylline must be checked over time to prevent side effects. (references)
		Sustained-release theophylline or sustained-release beta2- agonist tablets can help prevent nighttime symptoms. (references)
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Usage Frequency: Theophylline

"Theophylline" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Theophylline" is used about 20 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Noun (singular)	100%	20	78,262

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Expression: Theophylline

Expression using "theophylline": Theophylline Salts. Additional references.
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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Theophylline

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.

Expression	Frequency per Day
theophylline	115
theophylline side effects	4
dog theophylline	3
theophylline anhydrous	3
aminophylline cellulite theophylline	2
theophylline toxicity	2
metabolism theophylline	2
child theophylline	2
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Modern Translations: Theophylline

Language		Translations for "theophylline"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Danish		theofyllin, theocin. (various references)

Dutch		theofylline. (various references)

French		théophylline. (various references)

German		Theophyllin. (various references)

Greek		θεοφυλλίνη. (various references)

Italian		teofillina. (various references)

Pig Latin		eophyllinethay

Portuguese		teofilina. (various references)

Spanish		teofilina. (various references)
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Derivations: Theophylline

Derivations
	Words beginning with "theophylline": theophyllines. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Anagrams: Theophylline

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "e-e-h-h-i-l-l-n-o-p-t-y"
	-3 letters: pointelle, polythene, telephony, thiophene.
	-4 letters: ethephon, eyepoint, lyophile, neophyte, phenetol, phyllite, plotline, politely, polytene, thiophen, tholepin.
	-5 letters: ethinyl, hellion, hilltop, hoplite, hotline, ineptly, lithely, neolith, neotype, penlite, petiole, phonily, pinhole, polyene, potheen, potline, theelin, theelol, thionyl, topline.
	Words containing the letters "e-e-h-h-i-l-l-n-o-p-t-y"
	+1 letter: theophyllines.
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