fenfluramine

[ fen-floor-uh-meen ]

/ fɛnˈflʊər əˌmin /

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noun Pharmacology.

a sympathomimetic substance, C12H16F3N, formerly used mainly as an anorectic in the treatment of obesity but withdrawn from the market in 1997 because of its potential to cause valvular heart disease

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Origin of fenfluramine

First recorded in 1965–70; by contraction, respelling and rearrangement of (trifluoromethyl)phenethylamine

Words nearby fenfluramine

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