fen-phen

or fen/phen

[ fen-fen ]

/ ˈfɛnˌfɛn /

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noun Pharmacology.

a drug that is a combination of fenfluramine and phentermine, formerly used in treating obesity but withdrawn from the market because of its potential to cause valvular heart disease.

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Origin of fen-phen

First recorded in 1990–95

Words nearby fen-phen

fennec, fennel, fennelflower, fenny, fenoprofen, fen-phen, Fenrir, Fens, fenster, fentanyl, fentanyl citrate

How to use fen-phen in a sentence

The Daily Pic: Chun Kai Fen gives a nod to the projects where Singaporeans live.
A Totem to Public Housing|Blake Gopnik|January 23, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Last year a seven-mile-long park opened on the banks of the River Fen, which flows through Linfen.
China’s Chernobyl Cleans Up Its Act|The Telegraph|October 25, 2012|DAILY BEAST
The fen country faintly reminds one of Holland, lying low and dotted here and there with huge windmills.
British Highways And Byways From A Motor Car|Thomas D. Murphy
It is a remarkable ruin, rising out of the flat fen country, as someone has said, "like a light-house out of the sea."
British Highways And Byways From A Motor Car|Thomas D. Murphy

Crowland is a gray, lonely little town in the midst of the wide fen country.
British Highways And Byways From A Motor Car|Thomas D. Murphy
The season had been unusually dry and favorable to the fen land, as this section is called.
British Highways And Byways From A Motor Car|Thomas D. Murphy
Shortly after, we left the hills and found ourselves again in the fen country.
British Highways And Byways From A Motor Car|Thomas D. Murphy

Medical definitions for fen-phen

fen-phen

[ fĕn′fĕn ]

A combination of the drugs fenfluramine and phentermine, formerly prescribed for weight loss, whose use was discontinued because of association with pulmonary hypertension.