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phenmetrazine

American  
[fen-me-truh-zeen] / fɛnˈmɛ trəˌzin /

noun

Pharmacology.

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

Etymology

Origin of phenmetrazine

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

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