etorphine
American
[ih-tawr-feen, ih-tohr-]
/ ɪˈtɔr fin, ɪˈtoʊr- /
noun
Pharmacology.
Etymology
Origin of etorphine
1970–75; probably et(henom)orphine a chemical component; see ethene, -o-, morphine
Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
