OxyContin

[ ahk-see-kahn-tn, ahk-see-kahn-tn ]

Pharmacology, Trademark.

1. a brand of oxycodone.

OxyContin

/ ˌɒksɪˈkɒntɪn /

noun

1. an opiate drug, oxycodone hydrochloride, used as a painkiller and, illegally, as an alternative to heroin

Word History and Origins

Origin of OxyContin¹

First recorded in 1990–95; oxy- ²( def ) + contin(uous) ( def ), perhaps after the controlled-release nature of the drug

Example Sentences

There were oxycodone, oxycontin, two different mixtures of vicodin.

From The Daily Beast

OxyContin is the brand name for a time-release version of the pain-relief opiate oxycodone produced by Purdue Pharma.

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And Harris relies on a bag of prescription painkillers—Oxycontin, morphine, "everything," he says.

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Team Tito then claimed that Jameson is lying, and furthermore, that she's battling an addiction to OxyContin.

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He previously wrote about his experience scoring OxyContin on Pill Hill for the Philadelphia City Paper.

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