phenmetrazine

[ fen-me-truh-zeen ]

noun

, Pharmacology.

1. a compound, C 1 1 H 1 5 NO, used chiefly to control the appetite in the treatment of obesity.

Word History and Origins

Origin of phenmetrazine¹

First recorded in 1955–60; phen(yl) + me(thyl) + (te)tra- + (oxa)zine