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meperidine
[ muh-per-i-deen, -din ]
noun
, Pharmacology.
- a narcotic compound, C 1 5 H 2 1 NO 2 , used as an analgesic and sedative.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of meperidine1
First recorded in 1945–50; me(thyl) + (pi)peridine
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