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latitude (iou) and adrenergic bronchodilator (medicine)


latitude (iou)



latitude noun. LME.
[Latin latitudo, -din-, from latus broad: see -TUDE. Cf. Old & mod. French latitude.]
I. Breadth, width.
Transverse dimension; extent as measured from side to side; breadth of a surface, as opp. to length. Also, spaciousness. Now only joc. LME.
R. L'Estrange 'Tis Field of a Huge Latitude that the Devil has to Dance..in.
b. A tract or area as defined by its breadth; a wide compass or extent. LME-L18.
a. The range within which something may vary. LME-L18.
R. Kirwan Few stones admit of a greater latitude of composition.
b. Extent, range, scope. Also, great or full extent. Now rare. E17.
H. L. Mansel The..passage of Locke..when understood in its proper latitude.
c. Photography. The range of exposures for which an emulsion, printing paper, etc., will give acceptable contrast. L19.
Freedom from narrow restrictions; liberality of construction or interpretation; tolerated variety of action or opinion. E17.
L. Trilling A considerable latitude in our selection of..books.
b. Laxity of conduct or principle. L17-E18.
II. techn. (opp. LONGITUDE).
Geography.
a. The angular distance on its meridian of any place on the earth's surface from the equator (quantitatively identical with the elevation of the pole above the horizon, and with the declination of the zenith). LME.
transf.: D. Francis The silencer reached the latitude of my heart.
b. Angular distance on a meridian. Only in degree of latitude, minute of latitude, etc. E17.
c. A locality as defined by parallels of latitude; a region, a clime. Usu. in pl. M17.
A. Hardy In all latitudes from the polar seas to the tropics.
Astronomy.
a. Angular distance from the ecliptic, corresp. to terrestrial latitude (also celestial latitude) or from a similar line of Reference. Cf. DECLINATION 4a. LME.
b. The angular distance of a point on the surface of a celestial object from the equator. L19.

adrenergic bronchodilator (medicine)


adrenergic bronchodilator
<pharmacology> A medication that acts to dilate (enlarge) the lumen of the airway to allow the unrestricted passage of air. These medications are commonly given to those with asthma who manifest wheezing.

Examples include: theophylline, aminophylline, adrenaline, Alupent, metaproterenol, isoproterenol, Ventolin, Proventil, bitolterol, salmeterol, pirbuterol and albuterol.

See: wheezing.