Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun A synthetic narcotic drug, C19H27NO, used as an analgesic, often in place of morphine.

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  • noun pharmacology A particular narcotic painkiller of the benzomorphan class of opioids.

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  • noun analgesic drug (trade name Talwin) that is less addictive than morphine

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[pent(a)– + az(o)– + oc(t)– + –ine.]

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  • Its overall analgesic efficacy was similar to that of morphine or alfentanil and superior to that of pentazocine.

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  • Narcotic drugs should be kept in a locked cupboard: fentanyl, pethidine, morphine (as well as ketamine. pentazocine and codeine in certain countries).

    Chapter 5 1993

  • - Analgesia (pentazocine IM: 30 mg) and sedation if necessary

    Chapter 15 1993

  • - In some countries, pentazocine is on the list of narcotics.

    Chapter 4 1993

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  • (Percocet, Percodan, Roxicet, and Tylox); pentazocine (Talwin); propoxyphene (Darvon).

    Chicago Reader 2010

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