nalbuphine

[ nal-byoo-feen ]

nounPharmacology.
  1. a potent synthetic narcotic, C21H27NO4, used as an analgesic for moderate to severe pain.

Origin of nalbuphine

1
By rearrangement of parts of its chemical name

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