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OxyContin

[ ahk-see-kahn-tn, ahk-see-kahn-tn ]

Pharmacology, Trademark.
  1. a brand of oxycodone.


OxyContin

/ ˌɒksɪˈkɒntɪn /

noun

  1. an opiate drug, oxycodone hydrochloride, used as a painkiller and, illegally, as an alternative to heroin
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of OxyContin1

First recorded in 1990–95; oxy- 2( def ) + contin(uous) ( def ), perhaps after the controlled-release nature of the drug
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Example Sentences

There were oxycodone, oxycontin, two different mixtures of vicodin.

OxyContin is the brand name for a time-release version of the pain-relief opiate oxycodone produced by Purdue Pharma.

And Harris relies on a bag of prescription painkillers—Oxycontin, morphine, "everything," he says.

Team Tito then claimed that Jameson is lying, and furthermore, that she's battling an addiction to OxyContin.

He previously wrote about his experience scoring OxyContin on Pill Hill for the Philadelphia City Paper.

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