Definition of Ventolin in English:
Ventolin
noun ˈvɛntəlɪnˈvɛn(t)ələn
mass nountrademark A synthetic compound related to aspirin, used as a bronchodilator in the treatment of asthma and other conditions involving constriction of the airways.
Also called salbutamol
Example sentencesExamples
- But Ventolin's manufacturer, Glaxo, over the years has so strongly marketed the brand name that it's become entrenched.
- She hands me the wooden pin with its red handles and goes to the top drawer for one of her Ventolin inhalers.
- Add NyQuil, two sleepless nights in a row, antibiotics, Motrin and Ventolin and you have a mind that knows not what it sees or hears.
- It is available generically and as the brand names Proventil and Ventolin.
- I suck a Ventolin puffer a few times a year when the dust gets too much and my pipes get tight.
Origin
1960s: perhaps from ventilate + -ol + -in1.