hydrocodone

[hahy-druh-koh-dohn]

noun Pharmacology.

an opioid analgesic, C18H21NO3, used to treat moderate to severe pain.

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Examples from the Web for hydrocodone

Contemporary Examples of hydrocodone

Zohydro is a new, government-approved, ultra-pure form of the commonly used opioid painkiller, hydrocodone.
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Maia Szalavitz
March 4, 2014
There was the 27-day stretch beginning on Dec. 4, 2008 in which Boogaard was prescribed 110 hydrocodone pills.
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British Dictionary definitions for hydrocodone

hydrocodone

noun

a semi-synthetic opioid drug derived from codeine and thebaine

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