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edrophonium

noun ed·ro·pho·ni·um \ˌed-rə-ˈfō-nē-əm\

Medical Definition of EDROPHONIUM

:  an anticholinesterase C10H16ClNO used especially to stimulate skeletal muscle and in the diagnosis of myasthenia gravis—called also edrophonium chloride; see tensilon

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